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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Barabas think the Jews were ordered to meet at the senate house?
(a) For the government to confiscate their houses.
(b) For the government to demand their money.
(c) For the government to imprison them.
(d) For the government to enlist their aid against the Turks.

2. What does Abigail risk by following Barabas's instructions to retrieve the gold?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Death.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Disappointment.

3. What does Ithamore say happened because of the letters?
(a) That her father is dead.
(b) That Mathias and Lodowick killed each other.
(c) That Abigail is no longer betrothed.
(d) That neither Mathias nor Lodowick wants Abigail.

4. Why does Barabas betroth his daughter to a man she doesn't love?
(a) So he can punish his daughter's unfaithfulness.
(b) So he can steal the money of both men.
(c) So he can execute a plot to kill them both.
(d) So he can satisfy his evil tendencies.

5. After the delivery, what is revealed inside the nunnery?
(a) Abigail has changed her mind about converting.
(b) Gold has been stolen.
(c) Nuns are dying.
(d) A fire has been set.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the bashaw speak?

2. What is the name of the prostitute?

3. What gets delivered to the nunnery?

4. What signals the death of the nuns?

5. What is a counting house?

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