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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scenes 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following literary devices are used to begin Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) An aside.
(b) Soliloquy.
(c) Rhyming verse.
(d) Prose.

2. What reason does the king give Castile for the marriage between Bel-Imperia and Balthazar?
(a) If she doesn't marry him, she is doing herself and her country a disservice.
(b) The marriage will cause a permanent separation of Spain and France.
(c) Bel-Imperia and Balthazar are in love.
(d) He will reward Castile by giving him money.

3. What does the viceroy confirm with the two warriors/courtiers in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) That the war is not yet over.
(b) That Spain has been defeated.
(c) That Portugal has been defeated.
(d) That an ambassador has been sent to Spain with tribute money.

4. What does the king ask Castile in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) How Bel-Imperia feels about being courted by Balthazar.
(b) If Bel-Imperia is faking her love.
(c) If Castile approves of the marriage between Bel-Imperia and Balthazar.
(d) When Bel-Imperia and Balthazar will marry.

5. Why does Isabella not take the advice in Act 3, Scene 8?
(a) Because she says there's no medicine for her heart.
(b) Because her husband has advised against it.
(c) She does take the advice.
(d) Because she is allergic to the remedies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Andrea told he is brought back from the underworld?

2. What does Isabella do in the garden where Horatio was hanged to exact revenge?

3. After Hieronimo discovers that Balthazar and Lorenzo were definitely behind Horatio's murder, what does he decide to do?

4. Which of the following does Isabella not consider in Act 3, Scene 8?

5. What is Lorenzo said to be doing in "boiling lead and the blood of innocents"?

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