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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ferneze do with Calymath after Barabas dies?
(a) He imprisons Calymath.
(b) He lets Calymath and his men sail away.
(c) He holds Calymath and demands ransom from Calymath's father.
(d) He kills Calymath.

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

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

4. Who kills Friar Bernardine?
(a) Barabas.
(b) Friar Jacomo.
(c) Abigail.
(d) The Abbess.

5. What is Abigail's desire for Barabas?
(a) That he would love her again.
(b) That he pay for his crimes.
(c) That he convert to Catholicism.
(d) That he give his money to the church.

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

7. What does the sound the fighters are to listen for mean?
(a) It's time to retreat.
(b) It's time to hide.
(c) It's time to gather the fighters.
(d) It's time to fight.

8. What answer is given to the bashaw's demand?
(a) The Maltese would rather burn the island and flee than pay the gold.
(b) That Ferneze would never be given to the Turks to be executed.
(c) The Maltese would rather burn and destroy the island than give it intact to the bashaw.
(d) That the Spanish would rather die fighting the Turks than surrender.

9. What is a bashaw?
(a) The leader of the Turkish ship.
(b) A Turkish messenger.
(c) A Turkish slave.
(d) A high ranking Turkish military man.

10. What does Ithamore say when Ferneze confronts him?
(a) He confesses he helped with the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick.
(b) He denies involvement in the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick.
(c) He blames the deaths of Mahias and Lodowick entirely on Abigail.
(d) He blames the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick entirely on Barabas.

11. What does Ferneze tell Calymath when Calymath arrives at the feast?
(a) That he is looking forward to the feast.
(b) That Barabas has a trap for him.
(c) That he is glad Calymath conquered Malta.
(d) That no one will try to harm him.

12. What does Bellamira send Ithamore?
(a) A love letter.
(b) A piece of gold.
(c) A flower.
(d) A blackmail note.

13. What will Calymath find at the feast?
(a) A group of Maltese officials.
(b) A platform that collapses into boiling water and sharp objects.
(c) A feast full of poisoned food.
(d) A group of thankful Maltese people.

14. After the delivery, what is revealed inside the nunnery?
(a) Nuns are dying.
(b) Abigail has changed her mind about converting.
(c) Gold has been stolen.
(d) A fire has been set.

15. When referring to the results of the delivery to the nunnery, what does the friar suggest?
(a) Get a doctor.
(b) Pray for Abigail.
(c) Get water from the well to put out the fire.
(d) Report the theft to the authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabas tell Pilia-Borza after Barabas gives him the gold?

2. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira do before they die?

3. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira hint at doing?

4. What is a knight?

5. What are the final plans Ferneze makes with his confederates at the end of the play?

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