Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART IV / TNSET/ UGCNET/ PGTRB

Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART IV

1) Who are the servants helped Balthazar and Lorenzo to kill Horatio? 

Ans: Pedringano and Serberine. 

2) Who is Serberine? 

Ans: Balthazar's Servant. 

3) Where did Horatio was murdered? 

Ans: Horatio is murdered in the garden. 

4) How did Horatio was murdered. 

Ans: The murderers stab him to death and hang him on the tree. 

5) Who found the body of Horatio? 

Ans: Hieronimo and his wife Isabella. 

6) What happened to Isabella? 

Ans: She became mad after his son died. 

7) What happened to Bellimperia? 

Ans: Bellimperia was dragged away from the garden and imprisoned by Lorenzo. 

8) Who got the bloody letter from Bellimperia? 

Ans: Hieronimo. 

9) Who told Pedringano to kill Serberine for gold? 

Ans: Lorenzo wants to clear all the evidence of Horatio's murder and told Pedringano to kill Serberine. 

10) What did Lorenzo promised to Pedringano? 

Ans: After Serberine was murdered Lorenzo promised to save Pedringano. 

11) What did Lorenzo sent to Pedringano? 

Ans: An empty box sent through a messager boy which Pedringano blindly believes that saves him. 

12) What did Hieronimo got from Pedringano's body after he was hanged? 

Ans: A letter which exposed the murderers of Hieronimo's son Horatio. 

13) What did Spain and Portuguese planned to maintain the Royal lines between them? 

Ans: They planned to get Balthazar and Bellimperia into a marriage relationship. 

14) Did Hieronimo got justice for his son's murderers from the King of Spain? 

Ans: No, Lorenzo is cleverly escapes from Hieronimo's accusations and justice was denied. 

15) Who takes the responsibility to entertainment people over Balthazar and Bellimperia's marriage? 

Ans: Hieronimo. 

16) What did Hieronimo plans to show during the marriage? 

Ans: A play. 

17) What's the title of the play did Hieronimo plans to enact? 

Ans:  “Soliman and Perseda” . 

18) Name the characters in play - within- a play. 

Ans:

 Knight of Rhodes ( knight in the court of Rhodes) 

Preseda ( knight of Rhodes's wife) 

Soliman ( The ruler of Rhodes) 

Bashaw ( King's Nobleman or courtier). 

19) Mention the characters who played in play- within - a play. 

Ans:

Knight of Rhodes as Lorenzo

Preseda as Bellimperia

Soliman as Balthazar

Bashaw as Hieronimo. 

20) Mention the plot of the play? 

Ans: Soliman falls in love with Preseda and murdered Knight of Rhodes along with Bashaw to win her love. Preseda Comes to know about the truth she cleverly kills king of Rhodes and stabs herself to death. Then Bashaw also kills himself to death. 

21) What happened during the enactment of "Soliman and Preseda "?

Ans: Hieronimo used the real knife during the play; unknowingly everyone kills other characters and also themselves in the end Hieronimo seeks revenge for his son's death. 

22) What happened to Hieronimo in the end? 

Ans: Hieronimo stabs Duke of Castile and stabs himself to death. 

23) How did the play Spanish tragedy ends? 

Ans: Finally Ghost of Andrea and Revenge got their revenge on Andrea's murderers and return to the underworld. All the good characters leads to happy paths and villians got punishment in the underworld. 

24) Where did Hieronimo wrote "Soliman and Presida" for the first time? 

Ans: In the university of Toledo during his studies. 

25) Where did Rhodes or Rodos situated? 

Ans: Rodos is a Greek Island in the Mediterranean sea ruled by Turks during 16th centuary.

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