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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. Who does Barabas enlist to retrieve his money from its hiding place?
(a) Ferneze.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Lodowick.
(d) Mathias.

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

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

4. How does Barabas get his hidden money?
(a) Abigail hides the gold in a basket of dirty clothes being taken to the laundry.
(b) Abigail drops sacks of gold from a window.
(c) Abigail smuggles the gold out the back door.
(d) Abigail carries the gold our the front door.

5. What does Barabas take on his way to get his gold?
(a) A carrying case.
(b) A bag.
(c) A light.
(d) A hand cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the governor ask for physical assistance against the Turks?

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

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

4. What did other playwrights get from Marlowe?

5. Why did the Jews flee to Malta?

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