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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the prostitute's male friend have when they first converse in the play?
(a) A bag of documents.
(b) A bag of jewels.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) A bag of medicine.

2. What will happen if the governor invites the Spanish to stay?
(a) Malta will become a battle zone.
(b) The governor will lose his job.
(c) Malta will be under Spanish rule.
(d) The governor will be promoted.

3. What does the governor confide to the vice-admiral?
(a) That Malta has a large army.
(b) That the Spanish are unwelcome in Malta.
(c) That Malta resents the Spanish.
(d) That theTurks are threatening Malta.

4. What does Abigail admit to the friar?
(a) She believes that the Jews killed Christ.
(b) She wasn't ready to convert the first time she went to the nunnery.
(c) She is confused and seeking the truth.
(d) She has always believed the Catholicism was the best religion.

5. What does Abigail think her father lacks?
(a) Faith.
(b) Pity.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses the Spanish visitor's request when he comes to Malta?

2. Who is the prostitute's male friend?

3. How does Barabas's accomplice gain access to where the money is hidden?

4. Who approaches the prostitute and her friend while they are talking?

5. What happens after the governor and vice-admiral agree?

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