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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Antonio and Delio decide to test the Cardinal's offer of reconciliation?
(a) Delio will ask Pescara for some of Antonio's former property.
(b) Delio will aks the Cardinal for Antonio's former palace.
(c) Antonio will put on a disguise and see what the townspeople have to say.
(d) They send back a letter to the Cardinal with a trick question.

2. Act 3, Scene 3 is a scene with many characters discussing a minor plot. Who interrupts the scene to bring an important message to the Cardinal and Ferdinand about the Duchess?
(a) The Count
(b) The Old Lady
(c) Bosola
(d) Julia

3. What rumor about Antonio and the Duchess is circulating among the nobility?
(a) That Antonio is stealing from the church.
(b) That Antonio has several wives.
(c) That Antonio has murdered someone.
(d) That Antonio is cheating the Duchess out of her money.

4. Where does Ferdinand imprison the Duchess?
(a) The main jail in Malfi
(b) Her own palace
(c) A tower in Rome
(d) His palace

5. What does Bosola suspect is "wrong" with the Duchess?
(a) That she is planning to join a nunnery.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she is spending lots of money in secret.
(d) That she is going to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. The item Bosola brings to Antonio and the Duchess is originally from:

2. When Cariola is being murdered, she:

3. What first causes Bosola to be suspicious of Antonio?

4. How does Bosola treat the old lady who he meets in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What two main characters are wandering around the palace in Act 2, Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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