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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who supervises the off-loading of the first ship?
(a) One of Barabas's merchants.
(b) Two government officials.
(c) No one.
(d) Barabas.

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

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

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

5. Who is the governor of Malta?
(a) Lodowick.
(b) Calymath.
(c) Barabas.
(d) Ferneze.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the vice-admiral respond to the governor's confidence?

2. Why does the governor agree to let the Spanish stay?

3. What does Barabas take on his way to get his gold?

4. What does his slave tell Barabas about himself?

5. Why does the approaching man pass by the prostitute?

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