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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the disguised Duke, who would choose to keep their own life?
(a) Fools.
(b) Sinners.
(c) All men.
(d) Power seekers.

3. What does the Duke say makes the sweetest end?
(a) Love.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Heroes.
(d) Bitterness.

4. What does Isabella threaten to do to Angelo when he tells her Claudio is dead?
(a) Pluck his eyes out.
(b) Castrate him.
(c) Spread rumors about him.
(d) Curse him to hell.

5. What does the Duke say provides Ragozine's death?
(a) Fate.
(b) Providence.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Angels.

6. Whose child does Mistress Overdone raise?
(a) Angelo's.
(b) Lucio's.
(c) Claudio's.
(d) The Duke's.

7. Who offers Pompey a position in the prison?
(a) The Duke.
(b) The executioner.
(c) The provost.
(d) Escalus.

8. Why does Angelo think the person he wronged will not speak out against him?
(a) She is too scared.
(b) He is too powerful.
(c) She is in mourning.
(d) He saw her joining the convent.

9. How will the woman get into Angelo's house for the rendezvous?
(a) Through the servant's entrance.
(b) Through the front doors.
(c) Through a wooden gate.
(d) Through a window.

10. How does Angelo's fiancee feel about him after he refuses to marry her?
(a) She still loves him.
(b) She wants him to suffer.
(c) She hates him.
(d) She is curious about him.

11. What is Pompey arrested for in Act 3?
(a) Insulting a group of women.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Lechery.
(d) Defiling a church.

12. Who does Mariana think should accuse Angelo of fornication?
(a) Mariana.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Isabella.
(d) The Duke.

13. Who shows the woman how to enter Angelo's house for the rendezvous?
(a) The Duke.
(b) The servants.
(c) Escalus.
(d) Angelo.

14. Who escorts Mariana to the city gate?
(a) The Provost.
(b) Friar Peter.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Angelo.

15. Who does the Duke have Isabella deliver a letter to for him?
(a) Friar Peter.
(b) The Provost.
(c) Angelo.
(d) The Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Duke plan to hold a meeting the night after Claudio's supposed execution?

2. Who is supposed to accuse Angelo of fornication?

3. What action does Angelo regret?

4. What is the provost told to send Angelo after Claudio's execution?

5. What does Pompey compare prostitutes to?

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