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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gets delivered to the nunnery?
(a) A meal as an offering of peace.
(b) A bag of money to take care of his daughter.
(c) A meal that will kill those who eat it.
(d) A letter asking Abigail to return.

2. What kind of person is amoral?
(a) One who asks advice for important decisions.
(b) One who lives according to his own rules.
(c) One who tells everyone else what to do.
(d) One who acts without regard to moral precepts and rules.

3. Why may some exact words of Marlowe's plays seem familiar?
(a) Marlowe stole Shakespeare's exact wording.
(b) Both Shakespeare and Marlowe stole exact wording from the Bible.
(c) Marlowe stole exact wording from the Bible.
(d) Shakespeare stole his exact wording.

4. What does Barabas say as he is ruining what Ithamore brings out?
(a) He prays those who get it will become ill.
(b) He remarks that revenge will be sweet.
(c) He promises Ithamore a reward for delivering it.
(d) He invokes curses on those who'll be getting it.

5. What two systems were partnered in Marlowe's time?
(a) Religion and finance.
(b) Politics and Judaism.
(c) Judaism and finance.
(d) Religion and politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abigail send Ithamore after he's explained what happened because of the letters?

2. A star shining in the east announced Jesus' birth. By calling his accomplice a star shining in the east, what is implied about Barabas's gold?

3. What does Barabas says he will do if he doesn't recover his money?

4. Why does the governor agree to let the Spanish stay?

5. What does Barabas decide once Abigail has left his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barabas enlist his daughter Abigail to help retrieve his hidden gold?

2. What do Machevill and Barabas have in common?

3. Why does Barabas object to Lodowick as a suitor for Abigail?

4. What was the letter delivered to Ithamore?

5. Why is Friar Jacomo accused of killing Friar Bernardine?

6. When Barabas first appears in the play, how does he feel about politics?

7. Why do you think Abigail agrees to obey Barabas's instructions and deceive the nuns?

8. Why do you think Barabas watches the duel?

9. Why do you think Del Bosca suggest writing to his king, considering how long it would take for a reply?

10. Why does Calymath ignore the possibility that the feast may be a trap?

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