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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barabas get free?
(a) He trades clothes and leaves looking like a friar.
(b) He fakes his own death.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He bribes his keeper.

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

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

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

5. How does the messenger reply to Calymath's reply to the invitation?
(a) That he doesn't have to eat but only be present.
(b) That the feast is not a trap.
(c) That his men's feast is in the monastery.
(d) That no one will harm him or his men.

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

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

8. What does the bashaw demand?
(a) The surrender of Malta.
(b) The surrender of the Spanish ships.
(c) The execution of Ferneze.
(d) The gold tribute.

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

10. What signals the death of the nuns?
(a) A town crier.
(b) The ringing bells.
(c) A messenger from the nunnery.
(d) The friar's announcement.

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

12. What answer is given to the bashaw's demand?
(a) That Ferneze would never be given to the Turks to be executed.
(b) The Maltese would rather burn the island and flee than pay the gold.
(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.

13. How does Barabas kill Pilia-Borza, Bellamira, and Ithamore?
(a) With a poisoned flower.
(b) With a knife.
(c) With a club.
(d) With poisoned porridge.

14. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira hint at doing?
(a) That they steal Barabas's assets.
(b) That they murder Barabas.
(c) That they write to Barabas.
(d) That they kidnap Barabas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friar Bernardine promise Abigail?

2. What does Bellamira send Ithamore?

3. What do Pilia-Borza, Bellamira, and Ithamore send to Barabas?

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

5. Where has Barabas hidden his gold?

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