The Jew of Malta Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Jew of Malta Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the prostitute assume is in the bag?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Jewels.

2. What does Abigail tell Ithamore after he's brought the friar?
(a) Leave.
(b) Go to bed.
(c) Find her father.
(d) Go outside.

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

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

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

6. What does Abigail tell the friar she's been thinking about?
(a) What will become of her father.
(b) About where she'll go when she dies.
(c) About which religion God approves of.
(d) What the nuns taught her.

7. What does Barabas call his daughter when talking to Lodowick at the slave market?
(a) A pearl.
(b) An emerald.
(c) A ruby.
(d) A diamond.

8. What does Barabas say as he is ruining what Ithamore brings out?
(a) He remarks that revenge will be sweet.
(b) He invokes curses on those who'll be getting it.
(c) He promises Ithamore a reward for delivering it.
(d) He prays those who get it will become ill.

9. Why do the characters in Act 3, Scene 2 challenge each other to a duel?
(a) They both received forged letters.
(b) They both are betrothed to Abigail.
(c) They each want the other one dead.
(d) They both hate each other.

10. What gets delivered to the nunnery?
(a) A meal that will kill those who eat it.
(b) A meal as an offering of peace.
(c) A bag of money to take care of his daughter.
(d) A letter asking Abigail to return.

11. Where are the prices of the slaves displayed?
(a) On their foreheads.
(b) On their backs.
(c) On their chests.
(d) On their right arms.

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

13. What do the duelists' parent have in common?
(a) They don't understand why both are betrothed to Abigail.
(b) They don't understand why there was a duel.
(c) They hate Barabas.
(d) They hate each other.

14. What does the male friend of the prostitute want to do when he sees a man approaching them?
(a) Make a deal with the man.
(b) Kill the man approaching.
(c) Leave the area.
(d) Run and hide.

15. Who approaches the prostitute and her friend while they are talking?
(a) Lodowick.
(b) Barabas.
(c) Mathias.
(d) Ithamore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ithamore say happened because of the letters?

2. What is required before the imports on a ship can be offloaded?

3. Who secretly watches the duel?

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. Where does Abigail appear to Barabas at the nunnery?

(see the answer keys)

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