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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bosola learns of the Cardinal's plans to kill him by:
(a) The Cardinal told him directly.
(b) Overhearing him.
(c) A letter Antonio sent him.
(d) A dropped letter he found.

3. How do Antonio and Delio decide to test the Cardinal's offer of reconciliation?
(a) Antonio will put on a disguise and see what the townspeople have to say.
(b) Delio will ask Pescara for some of Antonio's former property.
(c) Delio will aks the Cardinal for Antonio's former palace.
(d) They send back a letter to the Cardinal with a trick question.

4. How does the Cardinal believe the Duchess should be punished?
(a) By going into solitude for 1 year.
(b) By being banished with Antonio and their children.
(c) He believes she should be forgiven for her sins.
(d) By having to pay the church as penance for her sins.

5. What has the Cardinal convinced the Pope to do with the Duchess's belongings?
(a) Take them as a gift for the church.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Confiscate them.

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

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

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

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

10. What do the pilgrims think about the Duchess's choice to marry Antonio?
(a) It was a blessing from God.
(b) It was surprising.
(c) She was obligated to marry him, since she had had his child.
(d) It was expected, because the Duchess and Antonio were betrothed when they were very young.

11. The Cardinal makes Pescara, Malateste, Roderigo, and Grisolan promise him something, so that he can dispose of Julia's body. What is it?
(a) That they will leave the castle and never return.
(b) That they will go to church and pray for him through the night.
(c) That they will not enter his room, no matter what sounds they hear.
(d) That they will work to get him reinstated in the church.

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

13. How does Ferdinand pay Bosola for murdering the Duchess?
(a) With gold
(b) With jewels
(c) He doesn't pay him.
(d) With horses and livestock

14. 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 Old Lady
(d) The Count

15. Why do the pilgrims think what they do about the Duchess's choice to marry Antonio?
(a) They are surprised, because the Duchess is "beneath" Antonio.
(b) They are surprised, because Antonio is "beneath" the Duchess.
(c) They are happy, because the wedding has been planned for a long time.
(d) They are grateful to God for such a happy union.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Antonion feel about confronting the Cardinal with the hope of reconciliation?

3. Where does Ferdinand imprison the Duchess?

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

5. Antonio says he does not want to live his life "by halves." What does this mean?

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