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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ferdinand believes that the Duchess is damned specifically because:
(a) She has lied to members of the church.
(b) She has had children while remaining unmarried.
(c) She has lied to her brothers.
(d) She has made a false religious pilgrimage.

2. When the Cardinal asks Bosola to kill Antonio, Bosola:
(a) Agrees to do it.
(b) Hires someone else to do it.
(c) Lies to the Cardinal, and says he'll do it.
(d) Says he'll do it, but for a very high price.

3. How does Delio feel about the Cardinal and Antonio's plan to confront him?
(a) He wants Antonio to forget the Cardinal, and move on with his life.
(b) He thinks it's the Cardinal's responsibility to come to talk to Antonio, not vice versa.
(c) He has a small hope that the Cardinal may have some compassion.
(d) He wants Antonio to take revenge on the Cardinal.

4. What position is the Cardinal resigning from?
(a) Official historian of the town.
(b) Cardinal
(c) Governor
(d) Being in charge of the town's finances.

5. Who kills Antonio?
(a) Julia
(b) Bosola
(c) His own son
(d) The Cardinal

6. How does Antonio die?
(a) He is poisoned.
(b) He is drowned.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He is strangled.

7. What does Bosola bring to the Duchess and Antonio once they have left Malfi?
(a) A dagger
(b) Jewels
(c) Fruit
(d) A letter

8. Antonio says he does not want to live his life "by halves." What does this mean?
(a) That he doesn't want to live in hiding and in fear.
(b) That he wants to remarry.
(c) That he needs to get servants to help around the house.
(d) That he wants to be rich again.

9. Who murders Julia?
(a) Antonio
(b) Ferdinand
(c) The Cardinal
(d) Bosola

10. When Antonio and Delio are talking about Antonio's plans to confront the Cardinal, something happens that causes Antonio's words to be repeated back to him. What is it?
(a) Nothing happens to cause Antonio's words to be repeated.
(b) Delio is having problems hearing, so Antonio has to repeat himself.
(c) An echo
(d) A madman walking by who repeats everything Antonio says.

11. What women are involved in the scheming of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) The Old Woman
(b) None
(c) Cariola
(d) Julia

12. What do Delio and Silvio make fun of Malateste for?
(a) Giving too much money to the church.
(b) Not being a genuine soldier and only pretending to be one.
(c) Being too old to get married.
(d) Having a speech impediment.

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

14. When the Duchess is imprisoned, Ferdinand shows her a scene that she does not know is fake. What does the scene show?
(a) Her imprisoned servants
(b) Her murdered husband and children.
(c) Her murdered servants
(d) Her imprisoned husband and children

15. Bosola believes he is haunted by:
(a) The father he never knew
(b) The Duchess's children
(c) His dead mother
(d) The Duchess

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Julia murdered?

2. Which community members does Ferdinand round up as part of his sister's torture?

3. The Cardinal's career change is best described as:

4. How does Pescara respond to the request in the letter?

5. What does the Cardinal do to the Duchess and her family?

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