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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two sins does Barabas admit to the friars?
(a) That he is a usurer and a fornicator.
(b) That he is covetous and a hypocrite.
(c) That he is a murderer and a thief.
(d) That he is a blasphemer and a liar.

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

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

5. 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) Report the theft to the authorities.
(d) Get water from the well to put out the fire.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. What does Friar Bernardine promise Abigail?
(a) That he will contact Barabas about his conversion.
(b) That she will be forgiven.
(c) That the church will gladly accept her money.
(d) That he will tell no one what Abigail revealed to him.

13. 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 the island and flee than pay the gold.
(c) That Ferneze would never be given to the Turks to be executed.
(d) The Maltese would rather burn and destroy the island than give it intact to the bashaw.

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

15. 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 should return for more gold later.
(d) That he is afraid of Pilia-Borza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Abbess do as a result of the delivery to the nunnery?

2. After inspecting the island, what does Calymath receive?

3. Why does Calymath finally agree to accept the invitation?

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

5. Who chastises Ferneze?

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