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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plan does Barabas devise in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) To trap and kill Calymath and the Turks.
(b) To trap and kill Martin del Bosca and the sailors.
(c) To steal all the money from the Maltese counting house.
(d) To steal all of Ferneze's money.

2. What does Barabas tell Pilia-Borza after Barabas gives him the gold?
(a) That he is afraid of Pilia-Borza.
(b) That Pilia-Borza will not get away with blackmail.
(c) That he will kill Pilia-Borza.
(d) That he should return for more gold later.

3. Where has Barabas hidden his gold?
(a) Hidden under some floorboards.
(b) Sunk in a chest on the seashore.
(c) Secured in a secret room.
(d) Buried in the ground.

4. How does Barabas get free?
(a) He bribes his keeper.
(b) He trades clothes and leaves looking like a friar.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He fakes his own death.

5. What does Ithamore tell Pilia-Borza and Bellamira?
(a) About all of the murders Barabas committed.
(b) That he can't go through with the blackmail.
(c) About all the murders Ithamore committed.
(d) That Barabas has money hidden in several places.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Friar Bernardine?

2. What is a bashaw?

3. What do Pilia-Borza, Bellamira, and Ithamore decide to do?

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

5. Who chastises Ferneze?

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