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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 physical feature does Angelo love most about Isabella as she pleads for Claudio's life?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her skin.
(d) Her hands.

2. What does Isabella hate about her brother?
(a) The confidence he has.
(b) His lack of faith.
(c) His despair.
(d) The crime he committed.

3. What position does Escalus hold?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Earl.
(c) Duke.
(d) Lord.

4. When does Angelo ask to see Isabella again after she pleads for her brother's life?
(a) When the Duke returns.
(b) The next day.
(c) After her brother's execution.
(d) On Sunday.

5. In Act 2, Scene 4, what does Angelo say he cannot stop thinking about?
(a) His new power.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Claudio.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Angelo never had a weakness for in the past?

2. What does Claudio's sister promise to do when she hears of her brother's arrest?

3. What does Isabella ask Angelo when she meets with him the day after pleading for her brother's life?

4. Who does Isabella say is hurt by Claudio's crime?

5. What does the Duke plan to do while in disguise?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mariana?

2. What is the Provost doing with Claudio, and why?

3. What position does the Provost offer to Pompey?

4. What does Isabella say at the end of the first scene she appears in?

5. How does the Duke punish Lucio?

6. What does the Duke say is the cause of the moral backsliding in Vienna?

7. What does Pompey compare prostitutes to?

8. What does the Duke say to Isabella about Claudio's supposed execution after his disguise is made known?

9. How does Claudio react when he hears about Angelo's proposition to Isabella?

10. What does Angelo say when he is first called to be the new deputy?

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