Titus Andronicus Act 3 Quiz

Who is revealed as Tamora’s secret lover?

What does Lucius decide to do after his brothers’ deaths?

How does Marcus attempt to console Titus?

How does Lavinia communicate without hands or a tongue?

What action does Titus take to prepare for revenge?

What does Titus’s laughter throughout the act symbolize?

What theme is strongest in Act 3?

Who encourages Titus to take revenge against Tamora’s family?

How does Titus respond to the sight of his sons’ heads?

Who pleads for the lives of Titus’s condemned sons at the start of Act 3?

What does Aaron plan for his unborn child with Tamora?

What does Lavinia write to reveal her attackers?

Who brings the heads of Quintus and Martius to Titus?

What myth parallels Lavinia’s story in Ovid’s Metamorphoses?

What gruesome discovery follows immediately after Titus’s sacrifice?

What punishment awaits Quintus and Martius?

How does this scene contribute to the play’s comic structure?

Where does most of Act 3 take place?

How does Titus react to learning who attacked Lavinia?

Whose hand is actually cut off?

What book does Lavinia use as reference for her suffering?

Who tricks Titus into cutting off his hand?

How does Act 3 conclude?

What promise does Aaron make to Titus?

Where does Lucius flee to gather forces?

What emotion does Marcus show when Lavinia writes the names?

What symbolic act of cruelty defines this act?

Who comforts Titus after his loss?

What does Titus’s suffering symbolize in the play’s broader context?

What emotion dominates Titus’s behavior in this act?