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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the prostitute depressed?
(a) She's being put out of the city.
(b) She's dying.
(c) She hates her customers.
(d) She has no money.

2. What reason was given for the Jews being ordered to meet at the senate house?
(a) To celebrate a Jewish holy day.
(b) To determine merchant bonuses.
(c) None.
(d) To penalize non-taxpayers.

3. What does Barabas discover about Abigail?
(a) That she wants to steal his money.
(b) That she doesn't love him anymore.
(c) That she ran away to get married.
(d) That she joined the nunnery.

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

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

6. Who prepares to fight a duel in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Lodowick and Ithamore.
(b) Barabas and Mathias.
(c) Barabas and Ithamore.
(d) Mathias and Lodowick.

7. 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?
(a) It is holy.
(b) It is his last hope.
(c) It is divine.
(d) It is his god.

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

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

10. What is Barabas's political affiliation?
(a) He supports the Turks.
(b) He has none.
(c) He supports the Spanish.
(d) He supports the local government.

11. Who does Barabas enlist to retrieve his money from its hiding place?
(a) Mathias.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Ferneze.
(d) Lodowick.

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

13. What does Barabas think of Catholicism?
(a) That is it a legitimate religion.
(b) That is will replace Judaism.
(c) That it's priests and nuns are trustworthy.
(d) That it is a form of slavery.

14. What is a counting house?
(a) A business where clerks manage other people's accounts.
(b) A private house built to accomodate visiting royalty.
(c) A boys' school that teaches accounting.
(d) A place where gold, silver, and valuable goods are stored.

15. What happens after the governor and vice-admiral agree?
(a) The Spanish prepare to fight the Turks.
(b) The Turkish prisoners are sold.
(c) The Turkish prisoners are released.
(d) The Spanish announce their rule over Malta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Barabas's daughter?

2. What kind of person is amoral?

3. Who is the vice-admiral of the Spanish navy?

4. What does the prostitute's male friend have when they first converse in the play?

5. What does Barabas tell his slave about himself?

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