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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prepares to fight a duel in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Mathias and Lodowick.
(b) Barabas and Ithamore.
(c) Lodowick and Ithamore.
(d) Barabas and Mathias.

2. What is a counting house?
(a) A business where clerks manage other people's accounts.
(b) A boys' school that teaches accounting.
(c) A place where gold, silver, and valuable goods are stored.
(d) A private house built to accomodate visiting royalty.

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

4. Why does Barabas betroth his daughter to a man she doesn't love?
(a) So he can steal the money of both men.
(b) So he can execute a plot to kill them both.
(c) So he can punish his daughter's unfaithfulness.
(d) So he can satisfy his evil tendencies.

5. What is Abigail worried will happen when she helps her father retrieve his gold?
(a) That Barabas will not be below the window.
(b) That the nuns will get up for prayers.
(c) That the gold will fall from the bags.
(d) That the bags will be too heavy to carry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the governor betray Malta?

3. What does Ithamore do after he's delivered the letters?

4. Where is Barabas's gold hidden?

5. What is Barabas's political affiliation?

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