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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. What reason did Julia give her husband for coming to Rome?
(a) For a relaxing vacation.
(b) Religious reasons
(c) To visit sick relatives.
(d) She wanted to get some new dresses in the city.

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

3. Which of the following does Ferdinand propose be done to the subject of the news?
(a) Find the thief and kill him.
(b) Make a soup out of the baby.
(c) Search for the Duchess.
(d) Steal back the jewels.

4. Antonio tells Bosola that Bosola is the chief suspect in:
(a) The theft of the silverware in the palace.
(b) The theft of the Duchess's jewels.
(c) Being the father of the Duchess's baby.
(d) The loud singing heard throughout the palace at night.

5. Initially, who is the Duchess is engaged to marry:
(a) No one
(b) Ferdinand
(c) the Cardinal
(d) Bosola

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferdinand promise to do upon hearing the news?

2. Antonio accuses Cariola of:

3. Ferdinand believes the Duchess's reputation is ruined because:

4. What does Delio tell Julia about her husband?

5. What secret does Antonio tell Delio in Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the reader first knows about the Duchess.

2. Both Ferdinand and the Cardinal react strongly to the news of their sister's baby. Who reacts in a more gruesome manner? Please refer to the text in your answer.

3. Why might Bosola have given Ferdinand the key to the Duchess's room?

4. Why did the Duchess trust Bosola with her secret about who she is married to?

5. How do the pilgrims respond to the news of the Duchess's marriage to Antonio, and their consequent banishment?

6. What does the Cardinal take violently from the Duchess? What does this tell us of his intentions?

7. After Antonio bans Bosola from entering the Duchess's chamber, Antonio drops a paper. Does he drop this paper on accident or on purpose? Why?

8. Should Antonio and the Duchess have separated? Why or why not?

9. Does it seem in character for Delio to be offering money to Julia for her to become his mistress? Why or why not?

10. What does the Duchess think about her brothers' declaration that she should not marry? What does she do after they leave?

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