1.
Who is the title character of the play?
**Tamberlaine**
2. What is Tamberlaine's occupation?
**Conqueror**
3. Where does the play take place?
**Asia and Eastern Europe**
4. What is Tamberlaine's ultimate goal?
**To become the ruler of the world**
5. Who does Tamberlaine first defeat in battle?
**Bajazeth, the Turkish Sultan**
6. What does Tamberlaine do with Bajazeth after defeating him?
**He keeps Bajazeth in an iron cage**
7. Who does Tamberlaine marry?
**Zenocrate**
8. What is Zenocrate's nationality?
**Greek**
9. What fate befalls Zenocrate?
**She dies**
10. Who does Tamberlaine view as one of his greatest enemies?
**The Ottoman Emperor**
11. What is the name of Tamberlaine's son?
**Mamillius**
12. During one of his campaigns, what city does Tamberlaine lay siege to?
**Babylon**
13. What do Tamberlaine's soldiers do that horrifies a Captain?
**They boil and eat the flesh of dead horses**
14. What is one quality that allows Tamberlaine to become a great conqueror?
**His intelligence and skills in war strategy**
15. Who writes to Tamberlaine, calling him a 'foul bloudy man'?
**The Governor of Babylon**
16. How does Tamberlaine respond to the letter from the Governor?
**He is enraged and vows to take the city**
17. What does Tamberlaine do with the Governor after capturing Babylon?
**He has the Governor hanged**
18. During which century did Tamberlaine live?
**14th century**
19. In what language was the play written?
**English**
20. Who was the playwright who wrote Tamberlaine?
**Christopher Marlowe**
21. What type of play is Tamberlaine?
**A dramatized biography or history play**
22. What is one motif that Marlowe explores in the play?
**The relentless progress of a conqueror**
23. Besides a conqueror, what other occupation does Tamberlaine portray himself as?
**A scourge sent by God**
24. What fault does Tamberlaine find with native Asian rulers?
**Their softness and luxury**
25. Why does Tamberlaine refuse to pay taxes to the Soldan of Egypt?
**He believes no man should pay taxes to another**
26. What is the name of Tamberlaine's general?
**Theridamas**
27. How does Theridamas feel about Tamberlaine's brutal tactics?
**He is uncomfortable with their cruelty but remains loyal**
28. What is one notable quality about Tamberlaine's style of speech?
**It is elaborate, poetic and intellectual**
29. What reasoning does Tamberlaine give for his bloody conquests?
**He believes it is his destiny to rule the world**
30. Which of his victories does Tamberlaine consider his greatest?
**Defeating Bajazeth**
31. How does Tamberlaine keep defeated leaders like Bajazeth subjugated?
**By keeping them as captives and humiliating them**
32. Which location does Tamberlaine use as his base of operations?
**Scythia**
33. Which historical figure is sometimes considered a inspiration for Tamberlaine?
**Ghengis Khan**
34. Which passage best encapsulates Tamberlaine's vision and ambition?
**His "I am in blood stepp'd in so far..." speech**
35. Which techniques does Marlowe use to develop Tamberlaine as a compelling villain?
**Elaborate language, military cunning, unflinching resolve**
36. How physically does Tamberlaine describe himself?
**As misshapen and deformed**
37. Which specific deformities does Tamberlaine list about himself?
**A short arm and thighs/legs of unequal length**
38. Why does Tamberlaine dwell on his physical imperfections?
**To emphasize that his success stems from inner qualities, not outer beauty**
39. Which philosopher's works deeply influenced Marlowe?
**Niccolò Machiavelli**
40. In what way does Marlowe's play echo Machiavelli's perspective on leadership?
**It Glorifies a leader's ability to achieve goals through cunning and force regardless of morality.**
41. According to Tamberlaine, what is "the chiefest virtue"?
**Valour**
42. What does Tamberlaine vow to do after conquering all of Asia?
**Invade Europe**
43. Which Biblical figure does Tamberlaine liken himself to?
**God sending plagues upon Egypt**
44. At the play's end, what is Tamberlaine's status?
**He has become ruler of a vast empire stretching from Europe to Asia**
45. Which elements of the play would have appealed to English national pride at the time?
**Its Christianization of a non-European conqueror figure**
46. What controversial moral implications arise from viewing Tamberlaine merely as a vehicle for English aspirations?
**It glorifies violence, tyranny, disregard for innocent lives lost in his conquests.**
47. Which famous British statesman saw in Tamberlaine a role model of sorts?
**Oliver Cromwell**
48. What was especially daring and groundbreaking about Marlowe's play?
**Its focus on a non-Christian conqueror as protagonist hero went against conventions.**
49. Which specific historical events inform the play's setting and plot?
**The actual campaigns and conquests of Timur throughout Asia and Eastern Europe from 1370-1405**
50. In which year was Tamberlaine the Great first performed?
**1587-1588**
51. Who would have played the lead role of Tamberlaine in the original production?
**Edward Alleyn, a famous actor of the day**
52. Who does Tamberlaine defeat and kill in the opening scene of the play?
**The King of Natolia**
53. From which region does Tamberlaine originally hail?
**Scythia**
54. What quality in particular allows Tamberlaine to succeed where others failed?
**His unstoppable resolve and ambition**
55. What physical traits does Tamberlaine use to inspire fear?
**His terrifying war cries and bloody attire**
56. Why does Tamberlaine refuse to show mercy to his opponents?
**He believes it will make him appear weak**
57. Which civilization does Tamberlaine repeatedly conquer?
**The Ottoman Empire**
58. In Act 1, how does the King of Natolia react to Tamberlaine's advance?
**He sues for peace but Tamberlaine refuses and kills him**
59. Where is Bajazeth being held at the start of Act 2?
**In an iron cage**
60. Why doesn't Theridamas feel pride in Tamberlaine's victories?
**Because of the destruction and cruelty they cause**
61. Whose daughter does Tamberlaine wish to marry?
**Zenocrate, daughter of the Soldan of Egypt**
62. How does Tamberlaine threaten the Soldan when he refuses the marriage?
**With renewed war and conquest**
63. Why does Tamberlaine admire Zenocrate?
**For her fairness, wisdom and gentility**
64. Where is Babylon located?
**In modern-day Iraq**
65. Which governor does Tamberlaine write to, demanding Babylon's surrender?
**The Governor of Babylon, who insults him in reply**
66. What methods does Tamberlaine use to defeat Babylon?
**Siege weapons and brutal force**
67. What does Tamberlaine do with the Governor after capturing the city?
**He has the Governor hanged**
68. How does the death of Zenocrate affect Tamberlaine?
**He is deeply grieved and vows to no longer love again**
69. At the end of Act 4, who represents Tamberlaine's greatest obstacle?
**Bajazeth's son**
70. What proposal does Bajazeth make, hoping to turn Tamberlaine's son against him?
**To have Mamillius marry his daughter**
71. Why is Tamberlaine enraged by this proposal?
**He sees it as a threat to the future of his dynasty**
72. How does Tamberlaine react to the proposal?
**He has Bajazeth and his children murdered**
73. In Act 5, which Tamberlaine consider his highest achievement?
**Conquering Asia**
74. What does Tamberlaine instruct his son Mamillius to do once he has conquered all of Asia?
**To lead armies into Europe**
75. How does Tamberlaine justify his bloody conquests to his followers?
**He claims they are doing God's work by punishing evil rulers**
76. What technique does Tamberlaine use to keep defeated kings alive but subservient?
**He imprisons them in cages**
77. What is Bajazeth's role and state at the beginning of the play?
**He is Tamberlaine's prisoner, kept in an iron cage**
78. What does Bajazeth constantly beg Tamberlaine for?
**A quick death to end his torment**
79. Who does Tamberlaine force to pull Bajazeth's cage?
**Captured Ottoman royal horses**
80. Why is Tamberlaine frustrated by Bajazeth's persistent cries for help?
**It distracts him from his goal of further conquest**
81. Which new lands has Tamberlaine recently conquered off-stage?
**Turkey and Syria**
82. Which notorious antagonist does Tamberlaine vow to also defeat?
**Timur**
83. What does Tamberlaine's elaborate speech patterns reveal about his nature?
**His intelligence, pride and zeal for expansion**
84. Which brutal act committed by Tamberlaine's soldiers deeply upsets a Captain?
**Their cannibalism of dead horses**
85. How does Tamberlaine respond to the Captain's objection to this act?
**He claims necessity justifies any means during war**
86. Which city does Tamberlaine lay siege to in Act 3?
**Babylon**
87. Who does Tamberlaine install as clients kings in conquered lands?
**Spies and informants who report to him**
88. Which methods does Tamberlaine use to finally overcome Babylon's walls?
** bombardment from siege weapons and scaling ladders**
89. What does Tamberlaine do with Babylon's governor after capturing the city?
**He has the governor hanged**
90. How does Tamberlaine react to the death of his wife Zenocrate?
**He vows to never love or remarry again**
91. Who does Tamberlaine identify as his last great obstacle?
**The sons and descendents of those he has conquered**
92. Why does Bajazeth's proposal of an alliance threaten Tamberlaine?
**It could undermine his power and legacy**
93. How does Tamberlaine punish Bajazeth for this transgression?
**He has Bajazeth and his sons killed**
94. What instructions does Tamberlaine give his son at the end of the play?
**To lead his armies into Europe after his death**
95. Which speeches best exemplify Tamberlaine's ruthless ambition?
**"I am in blood stepped in so far..." and "Youn kings, I am too high to be honored..."**
96. Which historical leader's conquests may have influenced Marlowe?
**Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire**
97. Where would the original performances have taken place?
**The Rose Theatre in London**
98. Which famous playwright was an influence on Marlowe?
**William Shakespeare**
99. How would audiences at the time have viewed Tamberlaine?
**As a noble, fascinating yet dangerous figure**
100. What enduring legacy has Tamberlaine left on English literature?
**It established new conventions for dramatic representation on the Elizabethan stage.**
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