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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 does Alexandro beg the viceroy to allow him to do in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Speak.
(b) Kill Villuppo.
(c) Travel.
(d) Seek vengeance.

2. Who does the viceroy ask to bring Alexandro to him in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Villuppo.
(b) Castile.
(c) Pedringano.
(d) The courtier.

3. How does the viceroy respond to Alexandro's claims about Balthazar?
(a) He wants to take a search party to find him immediately.
(b) He does not believe him.
(c) He is furious.
(d) He is ecstatic.

4. Who accompanies the Ghost who appears in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Terror.

5. In Act 1, Scene 5, how does Revenge respond to the Ghost's question about why he's being made to sit through a celebration of the man who killed him?
(a) Revenge says the joy of all characters will be turned to misery.
(b) Revenge says that he likes seeing the Ghost's pain.
(c) Revenge says that he is actually the guilty one.
(d) Revenge says the characters are not as happy as they seem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Balthazar and Andrea?

2. Who is the god of the dead?

3. When the king arrives, what reason does Balthazar whisper to Bel-Imperia that he is still alive?

4. Which of the following characters does not have a say in the marriage between Balthazar and Bel-Imperia?

5. Who brings Andrea back to the living from the underworld?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an aside in a play and how does Villuppo use an aside in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. After her encounter with Balthazar at the Spanish court, what does Bel-Imperia drop, who picks it up, and how is this significant?

3. Describe why Hieronimo says Horatio was a good son.

4. In the Underworld, what fate does the soul of Andrea face and who decides this fate?

5. How is Alexandro going to be executed and how does he escape this fate?

6. What does Hieronimo start doing in front of the king to cause the king to ask what is wrong with him?

7. How does Horatio react when Bel-Imperia asks him to tell her about the circumstances of Andrea's death and what information does he share?

8. Describe Bel-Imperia and Balthazar's first meeting after she is released by Lorenzo.

9. Who is Pedringano and how does Lorenzo persuade him to help in the plot against Horatio?

10. Describe the conversation that Bel-Imperia and Hieronimo have regarding avenging Horatio's death.

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