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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Antonio and Delio are:
2. In Act Three, who does Ferdinand tell the Duchess she must marry?
3. How much time has passed between Act 2 and Act 3?
4. What item does Bosola give Ferdinand at the end of the Act 3, Scene 1?
5. When Ferdinand confronts the Duchess about having children, who does he think is their father?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is the Cardinal well respected by Bosola? Why or why not?
2. After she is strangled, the Duchess regains consciousness for a few brief moments. What does Bosola tell her during that time, and why?
3. What does the Duchess think about her brothers' declaration that she should not marry? What does she do after they leave?
4. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2, and how is the reader made to understand how much time has passed?
5. Why is Ferdinand not more admired by the people who work for him?
6. What does the fact that the Cardinal has a mistress show about his character?
7. Why does Julia leaves so quickly after hearing that Ferdinand has been upset by a letter?
8. Describe what the reader first knows about the Duchess.
9. What does the Cardinal gain by becoming a soldier and resigning from the church?
10. Delio thinks there is still a small chance that the Cardinal will find compassion and reconcile with Antonio in Act 5, scene 3. What does Delio think might prompt this change?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How might the play would have been different if Bosola had, in fact, spared the Duchess's life and sent her away to sanctuary? Would Ferdinand still have wanted this without having seen her dead body? Write an alternate ending, of at least 4 paragraphs, that considers what might have happened if Bosola had made this decision.
Essay Topic 2
Was the Duchess right in living the life that she did? Pick 3 of the choices she makes in the play and then present an argument, using the choices as your evidence, supporting your position.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think we never learn the Duchess's name in the play? What do you think the author was trying to say by not giving her a name? How would the play have changed, or not have changed, if she had been given a name?
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