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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barabas's home become?
(a) A counting house.
(b) A military barracks.
(c) A nunnery.
(d) A monastery.

2. Who does Barabas enlist to retrieve his money from its hiding place?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Mathias.
(c) Lodowick.
(d) Ferneze.

3. Why aren't the prisoners captured by the Spanish allowed to be sold?
(a) For fear their price would be too high.
(b) For fear that taxes would not be paid.
(c) For fear the Turks would retaliate.
(d) For fear the Spanish would retaliate.

4. Where are the prices of the slaves displayed?
(a) On their chests.
(b) On their backs.
(c) On their right arms.
(d) On their foreheads.

5. What does Barabas's character represent?
(a) Hard work and perseverence.
(b) Greed and stereotyped Judaism.
(c) Egotism and selfishness.
(d) Greed and stereotyped Catholicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabas call his daughter when talking to Lodowick at the slave market?

2. What circumstance would want to make Barabas die?

3. How does Barabas's accomplice gain access to where the money is hidden?

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

5. What is a counting house?

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