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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Barabas give for Turks coming into the harbor?
(a) They are stopping to demand money.
(b) They are stopping to recruit more sailors.
(c) They are stopping to resupply.
(d) They are stopping for recreation.

2. What reason was given for the Jews being ordered to meet at the senate house?
(a) None.
(b) To determine merchant bonuses.
(c) To penalize non-taxpayers.
(d) To celebrate a Jewish holy day.

3. What answer is given to the bashaw's demand?
(a) The Maltese would rather burn and destroy the island than give it intact to the bashaw.
(b) That Ferneze would never be given to the Turks to be executed.
(c) That the Spanish would rather die fighting the Turks than surrender.
(d) The Maltese would rather burn the island and flee than pay the gold.

4. Whom does Barabas warn his slave against trusting?
(a) Jews.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Christians.
(d) Atheists.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who makes the delivery to the nunnery?

3. Who refuses the Spanish visitor's request when he comes to Malta?

4. A star shining in the east announced Jesus' birth. By calling his accomplice a star shining in the east, what is implied about Barabas's gold?

5. Why do the friars agree to Barabas's conversion?

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