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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the punishment for Claudio's crime?
(a) Drawn and Quartered.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Hanging.

2. What does the Duke plan to do while in disguise?
(a) Help enforce the laws.
(b) Hide from his responsibility.
(c) Observe Angelo.
(d) Get opinions from the people.

3. What does the Duke ask the provost to tell him?
(a) His opinion of Angelo's work.
(b) The names and crimes of the criminals.
(c) The date of Claudio's execution.
(d) The details of Angelo's actions.

4. Where is the Duke seeking refuge?
(a) The friary.
(b) The monastery.
(c) The poor house.
(d) The bell tower.

5. In Act 2, Scene 4, what does Angelo say he cannot stop thinking about?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Justice.
(d) His new power.

6. How does Escalus describe the new deputy?
(a) Full of pride and anger.
(b) Full of grace and honor.
(c) Full of gratitude and love.
(d) Full of mercy and justice.

7. What is Claudio's sister's name?
(a) Brittania.
(b) Julia.
(c) Portia.
(d) Isabella.

8. What does Angelo say Isabella can do to save her brother?
(a) Take him out of the country.
(b) Give up her body.
(c) Marry Angelo.
(d) Take his place.

9. What does Isabella feel the need to prepare Claudio for after her second meeting with Angelo?
(a) A ruined reputation.
(b) Her wedding.
(c) Death.
(d) Escape.

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

11. Who does the Duke appoint as his new deputy?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Antoinne.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Angeliano.

12. How does Claudio's sister feel when she first hears of her brother's arrest?
(a) She is not surprised.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She can't believe it.
(d) She feels justice has been served.

13. Who allows the laws in Vienna to go unenforced for so long?
(a) The Duke.
(b) The Commissioner.
(c) The King.
(d) The Deputy.

14. What does the Duke tell his new deputy to use in judgment?
(a) His mind.
(b) The law.
(c) His heart.
(d) His soul.

15. How does the Duke describe Angelo?
(a) A man of solace.
(b) A man of duty.
(c) A man of abstinence.
(d) A man of action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabella threaten to do that would ruin Angelo's reputation?

2. What does the woman tell the disguised Duke in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. Who does the Duke think would be the best person to enforce the laws?

4. What does the Duke think of his city at the beginning of the play?

5. Who is Claudio's sister talking to when she first appears on stage?

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