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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 does Abigail ask the friar?
(a) If she will go to hell if she dies.
(b) If she is worthy to convert.
(c) If her sins are beyond repentance.
(d) If she can return to the nunnery.

2. What does Barabas tell his slave about himself?
(a) That he's stolen from people.
(b) That he has a second wife.
(c) That he's killed people.
(d) That he hates Christians.

3. How does Barabas conduct his personal life?
(a) By following Machevill's recommendations.
(b) By following the precepts of Judaism.
(c) By following his own conscience.
(d) By following the precepts of Catholicism.

4. How does Barabas get his hidden money?
(a) Abigail carries the gold our the front door.
(b) Abigail hides the gold in a basket of dirty clothes being taken to the laundry.
(c) Abigail smuggles the gold out the back door.
(d) Abigail drops sacks of gold from a window.

5. Where did several of Marlowe's plays take place?
(a) In a barroom.
(b) In a palace.
(c) In a shop.
(d) In a monastary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man approaching the prostitute and her friend coming from?

2. How does Barabas conduct his business?

3. Why does Mathias's mother not like Jews?

4. What does his slave tell Barabas about himself?

5. Why was Marlowe jailed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Abigail tell the friar the complete reason she wants to convert?

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

3. Why do you thing Barabas would help the Turks conquer the island?

4. Do you believe Barabas would really rather die than be poor?

5. How does Barabas die?

6. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira decide after Ithamore tells them about Barabas's murders?

7. How does Barabas get the money hidden in the nunnery?

8. How does Barabas escape prison?

9. Why does Abigail decide to convert of Catholicism?

10. What does Ferneze tell the bashaw when he comes to collect the tribute?

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