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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barabas tell Pilia-Borza after Barabas gives him the gold?
(a) That he will kill Pilia-Borza.
(b) That he is afraid of Pilia-Borza.
(c) That he should return for more gold later.
(d) That Pilia-Borza will not get away with blackmail.

2. Who do the Turks appoint as governor?
(a) Martin del Bosco.
(b) Ferneze.
(c) Calymath.
(d) Barabas.

3. What does Ferneze do when he and the planners finish talking?
(a) He hides until the plan is executed.
(b) He writes out the details of the plan.
(c) He makes a toast to their victory.
(d) He sends them away.

4. What does Barabas say when Ferneze confronts him?
(a) That Ithamore alone killed the young men.
(b) That Ferneze should leave the past in the past.
(c) That Ferneze shouldn't believe a prostitute, thief and slave.
(d) That the young men killed each other over love.

5. How much money was pledged to Barabas?
(a) 10,000 pounds.
(b) 100,000 pounds.
(c) 30,000 pounds.
(d) 50,000 pounds.

6. Who makes plans with Ferneze in Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Barabas and the merchants.
(b) The friars and Maltese officials.
(c) His knights and Martin del Bosco.
(d) Calymath and his men.

7. What are the final plans Ferneze makes with his confederates at the end of the play?
(a) The friars will burn the monastery with Calymath's men inside.
(b) Martin del Bosco will pretend to join Calymath.
(c) Barabas will prepare a poison for Calymath and his men.
(d) The audience doesn't know any specifics of the plans.

8. What does Pilia-Borza bring Barabas at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) A second letter demanding more money.
(b) A warning to flee.
(c) A false message to get him out of the house.
(d) A poisoned flower.

9. To whom does the bashaw speak?
(a) The Spanish sailors.
(b) Barabas.
(c) Ferneze and Del Bosco.
(d) The people of Malta.

10. What does Ithamore warn Pilia-Borza and Bellamira about?
(a) That Barabas is suspious of Pilia-Borza and Bellamira.
(b) That the authorities are suspious of Pilia-Borza and Bellamira.
(c) That Barabas likes to poison his enemies.
(d) That Barabas is suspious of Ithamore.

11. Who chastises Ferneze?
(a) Martin del Bosco.
(b) Tomas de Silva.
(c) Calymath.
(d) Barabas.

12. What does Ferneze do after talking with Pilia-Borza and Bellamira just before they die?
(a) Send for the friar.
(b) Send for soldiers.
(c) Send for Barabas and Ithamore.
(d) Send for a shovel and cart.

13. What would happen if Ithamore told who killed the nuns?
(a) Ithamore would cut Barabas's throat.
(b) Barabas would cut Ithamore's throat.
(c) Ithamore would flee.
(d) Barabas would flee.

14. What are the fighters to listen for?
(a) The sound of shouting.
(b) The sound of a cannon.
(c) The sound of a bell.
(d) The sound of a trumpet.

15. Why does Calymath finally agree to accept the invitation?
(a) He decides that he was too powerful for anyone to harm him.
(b) He decides there really was no trap.
(c) He decides that he could eat again.
(d) He is promised a large pearl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Barabas at the feast?

2. Where has Barabas hidden his gold?

3. What does Bellamira send Ithamore?

4. What does Calymath tell the messenger who brings the invitation?

5. When referring to the results of the delivery to the nunnery, what does the friar suggest?

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