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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the vice-admiral respond to the governor's confidence?
(a) He asks to recruit some Maltese soldiers.
(b) He says he and his ships will leave Malta.
(c) He suggests the Spanish protect Malta.
(d) He says he is insulted.

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Jews who will not comply with the governor's order?
(a) They and their families will be sold as slaves.
(b) They and their families will be executed.
(c) They and their families' money and possessions will be taken.
(d) They and their families will be deported.

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

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

9. What does Barabas's home become?
(a) A military barracks.
(b) A monastery.
(c) A counting house.
(d) A nunnery.

10. What does Barabas says he will do if he doesn't recover his money?
(a) He will steal someone else's money.
(b) He will work hard and earn more money.
(c) He will haunt the place after he dies.
(d) He will burn the place with everyone inside.

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

12. Who is the vice-admiral of the Spanish navy?
(a) Martino del Boscarelli.
(b) Boscum del Martinelli.
(c) Bosco del Martinez.
(d) Martin del Bosco.

13. Who represents the Turks at the meeting with the Maltese governor?
(a) Lodowick.
(b) Calymath.
(c) Ferneze.
(d) Barabas.

14. Why does the Spanish armada come to Malta?
(a) To resupply their vessels.
(b) To sell Turkish prisoners.
(c) To trade with their cargo.
(d) To take a time of relaxation.

15. What does Abigail remind Barabas of when she retrieves him?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Himself.
(c) An expert thief.
(d) A former accomplice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barabas react when he learns that Abigail has left his house for good?

2. What happens to the bodies of the duelists when the parents go?

3. How did Marlowe die?

4. Where are the prices of the slaves displayed?

5. Where does Abigail send Ithamore after he's explained what happened because of the letters?

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