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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ferdinand pay Bosola for murdering the Duchess?

2. Bosola believes he is haunted by:

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

4. What new position is the Cardinal taking up?

5. What do the pilgrims think about the Duchess's choice to marry Antonio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What function does the echo serve in Act 5, Scene 3 (when Antonio and Delio are talking about Antonio's plans to confront the Cardinal about the Duchess's murder)? Describe 3 things Webster is able to convey to the audience by using this particular literary device. What other literary devices could be used to convey a similar message?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Pick a character from the list below. Examine 3 major choices the character made in the play, and state whether you would have made the same choices he or she did.

1) The Duchess

2) Antonio

3) Ferdinand

4) Bosola

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