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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Barabas's daughter love?
(a) Lodowick.
(b) Mathias.
(c) Ferneze.
(d) Marco.

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

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

4. Why is the governor happy?
(a) The Spanish have weakened the Turkish forces.
(b) He anticipates taxes from the presence of the Spanish.
(c) He anticipates being given money.
(d) The Spanish have defeated the Turkish forces.

5. What does Abigail ask the friar?
(a) If her sins are beyond repentance.
(b) If she can return to the nunnery.
(c) If she will go to hell if she dies.
(d) If she is worthy to convert.

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

7. How does Barabas's accomplice gain access to where the money is hidden?
(a) By knocking out the watchman.
(b) By simply walking in unattended.
(c) By lying to the people there.
(d) By crawling through a broken window.

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

9. As a result of Abigail leaving his house, what does Barabas believe about her?
(a) That she's been converted against her will.
(b) That she hates him and betrayed him.
(c) That she's been forced to elope.
(d) That she is not worth bothering about.

10. What does the governor confide to the vice-admiral?
(a) That theTurks are threatening Malta.
(b) That the Spanish are unwelcome in Malta.
(c) That Malta has a large army.
(d) That Malta resents the Spanish.

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

12. What circumstance would want to make Barabas die?
(a) The death of his daughter.
(b) Living in poverty.
(c) His conversion to Catholicism.
(d) The conquering of the city.

13. What does Barabas do with what Ithamore brings out?
(a) He puts poisons in it.
(b) He mixes crushed glass in it.
(c) He sprinkles dirt in it.
(d) He adds urine to it.

14. When Ithamore returns home in Act 3, Scene 3, what does he tell Abigail he's been doing?
(a) Delivering letters for her father.
(b) Drinking in a tavern.
(c) Visiting a friend.
(d) Talking with the Spanish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Abigail ask Ithamore when he returns from delivering the letters?

2. Who supervises the off-loading of the first ship?

3. Where did several of Marlowe's plays take place?

4. What does Abigail realize about father when she learns about the duel?

5. What do the duelists' parents find?

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