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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did several of Marlowe's plays take place?
(a) In a barroom.
(b) In a monastary.
(c) In a palace.
(d) In a shop.

2. Who makes the delivery to the nunnery?
(a) A friar.
(b) Ithamore.
(c) Barabas.
(d) Nathaniel.

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

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

5. What did other playwrights get from Marlowe?
(a) They used his settings.
(b) They used his themes.
(c) They used his plots.
(d) They used his characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a knight?

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

3. When was The Jew of Malta first performed?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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