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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who secretly watches the duel?
(a) Ithamore.
(b) Barabas.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Katherine.

3. What reason does Barabas give for Turks coming into the harbor?
(a) They are stopping for recreation.
(b) They are stopping to resupply.
(c) They are stopping to recruit more sailors.
(d) They are stopping to demand money.

4. Why was Marlowe jailed?
(a) He wrote against the Catholic church.
(b) He allegedly wrote lies about someone.
(c) He plotted the governor's murder.
(d) He got drunk and started a fight.

5. Why does the approaching man pass by the prostitute?
(a) He had no money to buy her services.
(b) He was not interested in buying her services.
(c) He was late in returning home.
(d) He was worried the male friend might harm him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the prostitute's male friend?

2. What does Barabas do with what Ithamore brings out?

3. Who is the governor of Malta?

4. What reason was given for the Jews being ordered to meet at the senate house?

5. Where is Barabas's gold hidden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Ithamore feels about delivering poisoned porridge to the nuns?

2. What might Mathias and Lodowick have done to prevent the duel?

3. How does Barabas get the money hidden in the nunnery?

4. What do Barabas and Katherine have in common?

5. What is Abigail's reaction to her betrothal to Lodowick?

6. In Act 1, Scene 1, identify and give examples of Barabas's most outstanding characteristic.

7. Why does Calymath ignore the possibility that the feast may be a trap?

8. What three religions are represented and who or what represents them in the first scene of Act 1?

9. Why do you thing Barabas would help the Turks conquer the island?

10. What does Ithamore's reaction to the death of Mathias and Lodowick say about him?

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