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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira hint at doing?

2. What does Abigail reveal to Friar Bernardine?

3. To whom does the bashaw speak?

4. After the delivery, what is revealed inside the nunnery?

5. What does Barabas tell Pilia-Borza after Barabas gives him the gold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a slave, Ithamore, has been used throughout the play. Document each event of how Ithamore's life has been manipulated. Choose two of those events and explain the motivations and outcomes of those events. How did the events affect Ithamore and those other characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Ferenze demands half the money of all the Jews and their conversion to Catholicism. Explain the reasons Ferneze made this demand of the Jews in particular and the reasons the Jews comply.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the story, what are Barabas's attitudes about wealth when he considers

1. Himself.

2. Other people.

3. Material possessions.

4. Power.

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