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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Claudio been arrested for?
(a) Impregnating his fiancee.
(b) Gambling on Sunday.
(c) Stealing bread.
(d) Hitting a priest.

2. How does Angelo threaten to kill Claudio if Isabella refuses his offer?
(a) He will make his wife and child watch.
(b) Long and painful.
(c) Immediately.
(d) He will starve him slowly.

3. What does the Duke do when Isabella comes to see Claudio in prison?
(a) Comforts Isabella.
(b) Gives them privacy.
(c) Hides where he can hear them.
(d) Prays with them.

4. Who leads Mistress Overdone into the prison in Act 3?
(a) The Provost.
(b) Elbow.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Escalus.

5. What does the Duke think of his city at the beginning of the play?
(a) It is too big for its boundaries.
(b) It has become corrupt.
(c) It is the best place on earth.
(d) He has no strong feelings either way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Angelo never had a weakness for in the past?

2. What is Ragozine's crime?

3. Who is the first woman the Duke sees at the beginning of Act 4?

4. Who allows the laws in Vienna to go unenforced for so long?

5. Who tells Claudio's sister about his arrest?

(see the answer key)

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