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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Barabas at the feast?

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

3. What answer is given to the bashaw's demand?

4. What do Pilia-Borza, Bellamira, and Ithamore decide to do?

5. What are the fighters to listen for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Support three reasons why Abigail agrees to lie and enter the convent to retrieve her father's gold.

Essay Topic 2

This play demonstrates the strife of religious differences, yet often these differences are overlooked to further a plan for wealth or power. Chose three instances in the play where religious differences are overlooked by the participants of a plot. Consider these points when writing:

1. The religions of those agreeing to plot together.

2. Former statements or actions used by individual plotters against the religion of those he is plotting with.

3. The individual motives that overcame a difference of religion that resulted in unexpected cooperation.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Ferneze go to the Jews and not another source or sources to get the tribute money demanded by the Turks?

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