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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pompey's occupation?
(a) Clown.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Messenger.
(d) Servant.

2. What is Lucio joking about the first time he is on stage?
(a) His mother.
(b) Money.
(c) His immoral life.
(d) Gambling.

3. What is the new deputy instructed to do?
(a) Enforce the laws.
(b) Fill the jails.
(c) Keep the peace.
(d) Increase purity.

4. What has Angelo never had a weakness for in the past?
(a) Greed.
(b) Breaking the law.
(c) Human appetites.
(d) Trying to be popular.

5. How is the Duke afraid of being viewed by the people?
(a) As a faithless man.
(b) As a weakling.
(c) As a debaucher.
(d) As a tyrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Angelo being so harsh in punishing Claudio?

2. What has Claudio been arrested for?

3. How do the people in Vienna view the laws, according to the Duke?

4. What kind of occupation is Claudio's sister trying to obtain?

5. Where is Claudio's sister when she first appears on stage?

(see the answer key)

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