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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. How does Barabas's accomplice gain access to where the money is hidden?
(a) By simply walking in unattended.
(b) By lying to the people there.
(c) By crawling through a broken window.
(d) By knocking out the watchman.

2. How does Machevill suggest a person gains power?
(a) Through honesty and perseverence.
(b) Through stealing and blackmail.
(c) Through greed and immoral behavior.
(d) Through deception and murder.

3. What is required before the imports on a ship can be offloaded?
(a) Government officials must review the inventory.
(b) Workers to do the labor must be hired.
(c) The owner of the goods must be present.
(d) Taxes must be paid.

4. Who refuses the Spanish visitor's request when he comes to Malta?
(a) Barabas.
(b) Lodowick.
(c) Ferneze.
(d) Mathias.

5. How does Barabas conduct his business?
(a) By following his own conscience.
(b) By following the precepts of Judaism.
(c) By following the precepts of Catholicism.
(d) By following Machevill's recommendations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose heart is broken over Barabas's daughter's decision to become a nun?

2. How did Marlowe die?

3. When was The Jew of Malta first performed?

4. Why does Barabas think the Jews were ordered to meet at the senate house?

5. Why may some exact words of Marlowe's plays seem familiar?

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