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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What key piece of information do the Cardinal and Ferdinand finally have in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) The Duchess has run away.
(b) Antonio is stealing from the Duchess.
(c) The Duchess has had a baby.
(d) The Duchess is coming to visit them.

2. How does Delio react to Antonio's secret?
(a) With jealousy.
(b) With amazement, and a promise to keep Antonio's secret.
(c) With frustration at always being the last to know.
(d) With anger that Antonio hadn't told him before.

3. What do the final comments from the pilgrims foreshadow?
(a) Antonio's impending doom.
(b) War from a neighboring country.
(c) That the Duchess's daughter will get the plague.
(d) The happiness in the future for Antonio and the Duchess.

4. Ferdinand's behavior upon hearing the news foreshadows:
(a) His repentance.
(b) His financial ruin.
(c) His death from the plague.
(d) His coming madness

5. What reason does Bosola give for being out of his room in the middle of the night (when everyone is supposed to be staying in their bedchambers)?
(a) He was trying to get his new baby to go to sleep.
(b) He had a nightmare and couldn't sleep.
(c) He wanted to go to the courtyard to pray.
(d) He always takes walks at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Act 2, Scene 3, who does the Duchess tell that she is secretly married to Antonio?

2. Once he learns the news, Ferdinand seems most focused on:

3. In an effort to protect Antonio, the Duchess lies about what?

4. Which words best describes the Cardinal's reaction to the news?

5. What new position is the Cardinal taking up?

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