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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bosola give to the Duchess to try to find out the truth about her "condition"?
(a) Apples
(b) Plums
(c) Cherries
(d) Apricots

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

3. What do the Cardinal and Ferdinand tell the Duchess before they leave to go live abroad?
(a) That they have already found a husband for her.
(b) That they will send for her within 3 months when they find a husband for her.
(c) That she must marry to reclaim her honor.
(d) That she should not marry.

4. Cariola is:
(a) Antonio's daughter
(b) The Duchess's assistant
(c) The Cardinal's secret lover
(d) Ferdinand's wife

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Delio and Silvio make fun of Malateste for?

2. In Act 2, Scene 2, what major secret does Bosola still not know?

3. Where does Ferdinand imprison the Duchess?

4. After Pescara responds to Julia's letter from the Cardinal, where does he say he is going?

5. What is/are the gender(s) of the Duchess's child(ren)?

(see the answer key)

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