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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Barabas hidden his gold?
(a) Hidden under some floorboards.
(b) Buried in the ground.
(c) Sunk in a chest on the seashore.
(d) Secured in a secret room.

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

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

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

5. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira do before they die?
(a) Confess their sins to Ferneze.
(b) Deny their blackmail scheme to Ferneze.
(c) Tell Ferneze the Barabas is responsible for the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick.
(d) Reveal to Ferneze the place where Barabas keeps his gold.

6. What does Barabas tell Ferneze when Ferneze arrives at the feast for Calymath?
(a) He explains how he will be a good governor.
(b) He explains his trap to kill Calymath.
(c) He describes the poison he'll use to kill Calymath.
(d) He says he is worried that his trap will fail.

7. Why does Barabas give Pilia-Borza gold?
(a) Pilia-Borza threatens to kill him.
(b) Barabas won't miss a little gold.
(c) Barabas owes him the money.
(d) Pilia-Borza is armed and dangerous.

8. 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 warning to flee.
(c) A poisoned flower.
(d) A second letter demanding more money.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What plan does Barabas devise in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) To steal all of Ferneze's money.
(b) To trap and kill Martin del Bosca and the sailors.
(c) To steal all the money from the Maltese counting house.
(d) To trap and kill Calymath and the Turks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ithamore say when Ferneze confronts him?

2. Who chastises Ferneze?

3. What does Ferneze do when he and the planners finish talking?

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

5. What does Bellamira send Ithamore?

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