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Question #2
Who is NOT mentioned by the painter and poet as a recipient of Timon's new fortune?
Act 5
Text of Book
1) | What is this act mainly about? |
2) | Who is NOT mentioned by the painter and poet as a recipient of Timon's new fortune? |
3) | What does Timon suggest the poet should NOT conceal? |
4) | What do the senators promise to do for the people of Athens? |
5) | Which animal do the senators compare Alcibiades to? |
6) | How does Timon suggest the Athenians escape Alcibiades's assault? |
7) | Why does the soldier take the epitaph to his captain? |
8) | Why do the senators compare crimes with lands? |
9) | How does Timon's second epitaph contradict his first? |
10) | What does the painter mean in the quote below?
"Promising is the very air o & #39; the time: it opens the eyes of expectation: |
11) | What does Timon mean in the quote below?
"[M]y long sickness |
12) | What does Alcibiades mean in the quote below?
"Till now you have gone on and fill'd the time |
13) | Look where the poet remarks, "Then do we sin against our own estate, / When we may profit meet, and come too late."
What does "estate" mean in this context? |
14) | Look where the messenger recounts meeting another courier, how "our old love made a particular force, / And made us speak like friends."
What does "particular" mean in this context? |
15) | Look where the soldier describes the wax "whose soft impression interprets for my poor ignorance."
What does "impression" mean in this context? |
16) | Were there any words that weren't clear to you? |
Question #11
What does the old Athenian mean in the quote below?
"I am a man
That from my first have been inclined to thrift;
And my estate deserves an heir more raised
Than one which holds a trencher."
Question #9
Before Flavius leaves, what does he say is the problem with a generous soul's worldview?
Question #7
What punishment does the senate give to Alcibiades?
Question #5
When Timon meets Timandra, what metaphor does he use to describe her spreading diseases among her clients?
Question #3
What does Timon suggest the poet should NOT conceal?
Question #12
What does Flavius mean in the quote below?
"Happier is he that has no friend to feed
Than such that do e'en enemies exceed."
Question #10
What does the senator mean in the quote below?
"It cannot hold: no reason
Can found his state in safety."