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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barabas decide once Abigail has left his house?
(a) To let her live her own life.
(b) To kill her.
(c) To convince her to return.
(d) To prove to her Catholicism is false.

2. Why aren't the prisoners captured by the Spanish allowed to be sold?
(a) For fear their price would be too high.
(b) For fear the Spanish would retaliate.
(c) For fear that taxes would not be paid.
(d) For fear the Turks would retaliate.

3. After executing Barabas's final step in the plan against the nuns, what does Barabas's accomplice do?
(a) He goes to get a drink.
(b) He returns to the house.
(c) He warns Abigail.
(d) He warns the nuns.

4. How does the vice-admiral respond to the governor's confidence?
(a) He says he and his ships will leave Malta.
(b) He says he is insulted.
(c) He asks to recruit some Maltese soldiers.
(d) He suggests the Spanish protect Malta.

5. As a result of Abigail leaving his house, what does Barabas believe about her?
(a) That she's been forced to elope.
(b) That she hates him and betrayed him.
(c) That she is not worth bothering about.
(d) That she's been converted against her will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gets delivered to the nunnery?

2. What does Pilia-Borza bring Barabas at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?

3. Why does the Spanish armada come to Malta?

4. Who makes the delivery to the nunnery?

5. What does the governor confide to the vice-admiral?

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