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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the duelists' parents find?
(a) Injured sons.
(b) Their bodies.
(c) Bloody clothes.
(d) Two pistols.

2. What will happen if the governor invites the Spanish to stay?
(a) The governor will be promoted.
(b) Malta will become a battle zone.
(c) Malta will be under Spanish rule.
(d) The governor will lose his job.

3. Which duelist is Ferneze's son?
(a) Mathias.
(b) Lodowick.
(c) Ithamore.
(d) Pilia-Borza.

4. How does Barabas feel after he gets his money?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

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

6. How old is Barabas's daughter?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

7. What exactly is in the bag of the prostitute's friend'?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Jewels.

8. Who has the Spanish armada been fighting?
(a) Maltese ships.
(b) Pirate ships.
(c) Turkish ships.
(d) Rogue Spanish ships.

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

10. How did Marlowe die?
(a) In a sick bed.
(b) In a duel.
(c) In barroom brawl.
(d) Of old age.

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

12. Why does the approaching man pass by the prostitute?
(a) He was late in returning home.
(b) He had no money to buy her services.
(c) He was not interested in buying her services.
(d) He was worried the male friend might harm him.

13. What does Barabas use in his plan against the nuns?
(a) A bowl of boiled potatoes.
(b) A platter of meat.
(c) A pot of rice porridge.
(d) A jug of wine.

14. Who secretly watches the duel?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Ithamore.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Barabas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What circumstance would want to make Barabas die?

2. What does Abigail remind Barabas of when she retrieves him?

3. What does the male friend of the prostitute want to do when he sees a man approaching them?

4. What does Barabas do with what Ithamore brings out?

5. Who tells her son he shouldn't speak to Jews?

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