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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Barabas at the feast?
(a) He is killed by Ferneze.
(b) He is disappointed because the trap doesn't work.
(c) He is killed by Calymath.
(d) He falls into the trap and dies.

2. Who helps the Turks conquer Malta?
(a) Calymath.
(b) Martin del Bosco.
(c) Ferneze.
(d) Barabas.

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

4. What do Pilia-Borza, Bellamira, and Ithamore decide to do?
(a) To blackmail Barabas.
(b) To report Barabas's crimes to the authorities.
(c) To kill Barabas.
(d) To steal his gold.

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

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

7. Why do the friars agree to Barabas's conversion?
(a) Because they believe he is truly repentant.
(b) Because the church will get all his money.
(c) Because they get a bonus for new converts.
(d) Because they promised Abigail.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. What does Ithamore tell Pilia-Borza and Bellamira?
(a) That Barabas has money hidden in several places.
(b) About all the murders Ithamore committed.
(c) That he can't go through with the blackmail.
(d) About all of the murders Barabas committed.

13. Why does Barabas tell the friars he wants to convert?
(a) Because then they won't turn him in for his crimes.
(b) Because as a Catholic he couldn't be executed.
(c) Because he wants to hide in the monastery.
(d) Because he is truly repentant.

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

15. What does the Abbess do as a result of the delivery to the nunnery?
(a) Gather the nuns to get water.
(b) Gather the nuns to pray for Abigail.
(c) Send a messenger to the authorities.
(d) Send for Friar Bernardine to hear her last confession.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferneze do after he confronts Barabas and Ithamore?

2. What does Ferneze do after talking with Pilia-Borza and Bellamira just before they die?

3. What does Friar Bernardine promise Abigail?

4. What does Bellamira send Ithamore?

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

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