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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the final plans Ferneze makes with his confederates at the end of the play?
(a) Barabas will prepare a poison for Calymath and his men.
(b) The audience doesn't know any specifics of the plans.
(c) Martin del Bosco will pretend to join Calymath.
(d) The friars will burn the monastery with Calymath's men inside.

2. What does Barabas say when Ferneze confronts him?
(a) That Ferneze shouldn't believe a prostitute, thief and slave.
(b) That Ithamore alone killed the young men.
(c) That Ferneze should leave the past in the past.
(d) That the young men killed each other over love.

3. 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.

4. What do Pilia-Borza, Bellamira, and Ithamore send to Barabas?
(a) A poisoned flower.
(b) A blackmail letter.
(c) A warning to flee.
(d) A false message to get him out of the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the friars agree to Barabas's conversion?

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

3. Who kills Friar Bernardine?

4. What two sins does Barabas admit to the friars?

5. What plan does Barabas devise in Act 5, Scene 2?

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