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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Cardinal's career change is best described as:
(a) Surprising
(b) Expected
(c) Very normal for someone of his wealth.
(d) A fantastic and unexpected promotion.

2. What is unique about the structure of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) It is done in absolute silence.
(b) No one actually sees each other; they are talking only through walls.
(c) It is done only by candlelight.
(d) Much of the action is done without dialogue but with song instead.

3. How is the Duchess murdered?
(a) By hanging
(b) By strangulation
(c) By stabbing
(d) By poison

4. What has happened to the number of the Duchess and Antonio's servants after Antonio and the Duchess leave Malfi?
(a) It has increased, because the Duchess received all of the Cardinal's old servants.
(b) It has stayed more or less the same.
(c) It has decreased as the servants have fled.
(d) It has increased as the servants took pity on them.

5. Antonio and Delio are talking in a public place about the Cardinal's proposed offer of reconciliation. What does Delio think of it?
(a) He knows it is fake, because he helped the Cardinal write it.
(b) He thinks the Cardinal is finally being genuine.
(c) He doubts its sincerity.
(d) He is unsure, and says he doesn't know how to counsel Antonio.

6. The item Bosola brings to Antonio and the Duchess is originally from:
(a) The Count
(b) The Cardinal
(c) Ferdinand
(d) Bosola himself

7. Although several community members are brought to the Duchess's chamber to torture her, what does the Duchess say they actually do?
(a) Keep her sane, since she knows she is not as mad as they are.
(b) Entertain her.
(c) Allow her to send messages out of the palace.
(d) Provide good conversation.

8. What does the Cardinal do to the Duchess and her family?
(a) Baptize them
(b) Forgive them
(c) Banish them
(d) Officially marry Antonio and the Duchess, and recognize their children as legitimate.

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

10. Act 3, Scene 3 is a scene with many characters discussing a minor plot. Who interrupts the scene to bring an important message to the Cardinal and Ferdinand about the Duchess?
(a) Julia
(b) Bosola
(c) The Count
(d) The Old Lady

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

12. After Pescara responds to Julia's letter from the Cardinal, where does he say he is going?
(a) To the town market.
(b) To church.
(c) To visit Ferdinand, who is sick.
(d) To see the Cardinal right away.

13. During her imprisonment, what does the Duchess declare is the worst kind of torture?
(a) Being ignored
(b) Emotional torture
(c) Sleep deprivation
(d) Physical torture

14. Which severed body part does Ferdinand give the Duchess during her imprisonment?
(a) A hand
(b) A head
(c) A leg
(d) A foot

15. Antonio says that he is glad to die when he hears the news of:
(a) The murder of his wife and children.
(b) The Cardinal being named pope.
(c) The new king taking the throne.
(d) His son's plans to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Julia gives Pescara a letter, which contains a request from the Cardinal. What does it say?

2. When the Duchess is imprisoned, Ferdinand shows her a scene that she does not know is fake. What does the scene show?

3. Who is the Duke of Malfi?

4. The Cardinal makes Pescara, Malateste, Roderigo, and Grisolan promise him something, so that he can dispose of Julia's body. What is it?

5. Ferdinand believes that the Duchess is damned specifically because:

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