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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the governor betray Malta?
(a) He conspires with the vice-admiral to overthrow the government.
(b) He keeps all the money from the sale of the prisoners.
(c) He gives Malta over to Spanish rule.
(d) He allows the Turkish prisoners to escape.

2. What does Barabas decide once Abigail has left his house?
(a) To convince her to return.
(b) To let her live her own life.
(c) To kill her.
(d) To prove to her Catholicism is false.

3. What does Barabas use in his plan against the nuns?
(a) A jug of wine.
(b) A platter of meat.
(c) A bowl of boiled potatoes.
(d) A pot of rice porridge.

4. What does Barabas plan for the nuns?
(a) To kill them.
(b) To let them live their own lives.
(c) To prove to them that Catholicism is false.
(d) To accuse them of taking Abigail.

5. What does Barabas discover about Abigail?
(a) That she joined the nunnery.
(b) That she wants to steal his money.
(c) That she doesn't love him anymore.
(d) That she ran away to get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pilia-Borza bring Barabas at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?

2. What does the governor confide to the vice-admiral?

3. Who refuses the Spanish visitor's request when he comes to Malta?

4. Why aren't the prisoners captured by the Spanish allowed to be sold?

5. When Abigail decides to remove herself permanently from her father's household, what does she leave for her father?

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