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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the king and his people celebrate their victory in the battle against Portugal?
(a) With a new war.
(b) With a ball.
(c) With a parade.
(d) With a feast.

2. Which of the following is not a way that the Scene 1 in the play acts?
(a) As a frame.
(b) As a prologue.
(c) As exposition.
(d) As foreshadowing.

3. How can the language of the viceroy's soliloquy (really an aside) in Act 1, Scene 3 be described?
(a) Subtly depressing.
(b) Ravingly mad.
(c) Politely understated.
(d) Emotionally extravagant.

4. Who brings Andrea back to the living from the underworld?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Balthazar.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Perseus.

5. What does the general report about the progress of Spain's war with Portugal in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Spain has won the war and will pay Portugal a tribute.
(b) Portugal has won the war and will pay Spain a tribute.
(c) Spain has been defeated and the tribute will be paid.
(d) Portugal has been defeated and the tribute will be paid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Balthazar request as his companion when he is captured?

2. When the procession in Act 1, Scene 2 passes by the king, to whom does the king demand a reward be given?

3. Which title does Balthazar hold?

4. Once Villuppo tells the viceroy what happened to Balthazar, what does the viceroy say?

5. Who is Horatio's father?

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