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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. How does Barabas get free?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He trades clothes and leaves looking like a friar.
(c) He fakes his own death.
(d) He bribes his keeper.

2. Where did the bag and its contents come from?
(a) The monastery.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) Barabas's house.
(d) The senate house.

3. What is the name of the slave Barabas buys?
(a) Icthius.
(b) Ithmus.
(c) Ithamore.
(d) Isamore.

4. What order does the governor issue concerning the tribute?
(a) All Jews must surrender half their money and convert to Catholicism.
(b) All Jews are being sold as slaves to the Turks and their possessions auctioned.
(c) All Jews must enlist in the military to fight the Turks and house soldiers in their homes.
(d) All Jews have one week to pack personal items only and leave town.

5. Who kills Friar Bernardine?
(a) Friar Jacomo.
(b) Barabas.
(c) Abigail.
(d) The Abbess.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barabas conduct his business?

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

3. Is Barabas concerned about losing his hidden money?

4. What does the Abbess do as a result of the delivery to the nunnery?

5. What does the bashaw demand?

(see the answer key)

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