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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of person is amoral?
(a) One who asks advice for important decisions.
(b) One who tells everyone else what to do.
(c) One who lives according to his own rules.
(d) One who acts without regard to moral precepts and rules.

2. How did Marlowe die?
(a) In a sick bed.
(b) Of old age.
(c) In barroom brawl.
(d) In a duel.

3. What does the second merchant tell Barabas?
(a) That Spanish and Turkish ships were following his ship.
(b) That pirates stole the goods and killed most of the sailors.
(c) That the ship is in urgent need of repairs.
(d) That the the goods on the ship were destroyed by fire.

4. What order does the governor issue concerning the tribute?
(a) All Jews are being sold as slaves to the Turks and their possessions auctioned.
(b) All Jews must surrender half their money and convert to Catholicism.
(c) All Jews have one week to pack personal items only and leave town.
(d) All Jews must enlist in the military to fight the Turks and house soldiers in their homes.

5. What does Barabas ask for in prayer when he goes to retrieve his hidden gold?
(a) That God will help the Turks to conquer the city.
(b) That God will have the government return his home.
(c) That God will kill those who stole his gold and house.
(d) That God will help Abigail to deliver the gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supervises the off-loading of the first ship?

2. What will happen if the governor invites the Spanish to stay?

3. Where does Abigail appear to Barabas at the nunnery?

4. What two systems were partnered in Marlowe's time?

5. What does Abigail risk by following Barabas's instructions to retrieve the gold?

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