Why is it that the most loyal soldiers are often the first to be cast aside by the corrupt state they served? In this Titus Andronicus Act 3 Scene 1 Quiz, we think about the high price of the general’s loyalty and the deceit of the emperor.
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Titus Andronicus Act 3 Scene 1 Quiz Questions
- Who enters first in Act 3 Scene 1?
- What is Titus doing when the scene begins?
- Who are the sons of Titus imprisoned at this point?
- Who does Titus appeal to for justice?
- What emotion dominates Titus’s early speeches in this scene?
- Who pleads alongside Titus for the release of the prisoners?
- What does Titus accuse the tribunes of?
- What object does Titus strike against the ground in frustration?
- What biblical allusion does Titus make to express his suffering?
- Who enters to deliver a message from the emperor?
- What does the messenger bring to Titus?
- What has been decreed for Quintus and Martius?
- How does Titus react to the emperor’s decision?
- Who arrives after the messenger’s announcement?
- What does Aaron falsely promise Titus?
- What price does Aaron claim will save Titus’s sons?
- Who volunteers to cut off his hand first?
- What does Titus say about his old age before cutting his hand?
- Who actually cuts off Titus’s hand?
- What is Aaron’s true intention after taking the hand?
- What does Aaron do with the severed hand?
- What happens to Quintus and Martius after Aaron leaves?
- Who brings news of the sons’ fate to Titus?
- What is delivered along with the news of execution?
- How does Titus react to the sight of his sons’ heads?
- What literary device is most evident in Titus’s laughter?
- Who attempts to comfort Titus at the end of the scene?
- What resolution does Titus make as the scene closes?
- What theme is reinforced through Titus’s mutilation?
- How does this scene mark a turning point in the play?