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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barabas call his daughter when talking to Lodowick at the slave market?
(a) A pearl.
(b) A ruby.
(c) A diamond.
(d) An emerald.

2. What plan does Barabas devise in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) To trap and kill Calymath and the Turks.
(b) To trap and kill Martin del Bosca and the sailors.
(c) To steal all of Ferneze's money.
(d) To steal all the money from the Maltese counting house.

3. Who represents the Turks at the meeting with the Maltese governor?
(a) Calymath.
(b) Lodowick.
(c) Ferneze.
(d) Barabas.

4. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira do before they die?
(a) Deny their blackmail scheme to Ferneze.
(b) Tell Ferneze the Barabas is responsible for the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick.
(c) Confess their sins to Ferneze.
(d) Reveal to Ferneze the place where Barabas keeps his gold.

5. What does Ithamore say happened because of the letters?
(a) That Mathias and Lodowick killed each other.
(b) That Abigail is no longer betrothed.
(c) That her father is dead.
(d) That neither Mathias nor Lodowick wants Abigail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signals the death of the nuns?

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

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

4. To whom does Barabas's daughter become betrothed?

5. Who chastises Ferneze?

(see the answer key)

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