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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bosola treat the old lady who he meets in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) With surprise and excitement
(b) With sadness and grief
(c) With contempt and rudeness
(d) With manners and respect

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

3. What item does Ferdinand give the Duchess when he leaps into her room and surprises her?
(a) Nothing
(b) A dagger
(c) Jewels for her birthday
(d) Flowers

4. Once he learns the news, Ferdinand seems most focused on:
(a) Supporting his sister.
(b) Revenge
(c) Going to see his sister so he can celebrate with her.
(d) Figuring out who is going to pay to raise the baby.

5. When the Cardinal and Ferdinand are speaking in Act 2, Scene 5, where does their conversation take place?
(a) On the street
(b) Julia's room
(c) The Cardinal's palace
(d) The city market

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Duchess supposed to do with the item Ferdinand gives her?

2. What does Bosola do upon finding Antonio's dropped item outside of the Duchess's door?

3. What rumor about Antonio and the Duchess is circulating among the nobility?

4. How does Bosola treat the Old Lady when he catches her in a hurry?

5. After Ferdinand returns to the Duchess's palace to confront her about her children, which of the following does The Duchess finally confess to Ferdinand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unique literary device does Webster use to convey what is happening when the Cardinal resigns?

2. Why does Antonio decide to marry the Duchess?

3. Why did Bosola want to find out what was "wrong" with the Duchess so badly?

4. What does the Cardinal's reaction to the news about his sister's baby show about his personality?

5. Was Cariola lying when she claimed she was innocent to Antonio and the Duchess?

6. Why does Ferdinand leave the dagger with the Duchess?

7. Why doesn't anyone intervene with Ferdinand and the Cardinal's plans to punish the Duchess?

8. What does Bosola tell a servant to do with Antonio's body? Why might he have given these instructions?

9. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2, and how is the reader made to understand how much time has passed?

10. Why are there so many rumors flying around the palace in Act 2, Scene 2?

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