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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the Duke plan to speak with when he leaves the scene after talking to the woman?
(a) The Provost.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Angelo.
(d) The Pope.

3. What does the Duke think will happen to Angelo when given power?
(a) It will harden him.
(b) It will weaken him.
(c) It will make him less faithful
(d) It will drive him mad.

4. When does Angelo ask to see Isabella again after she pleads for her brother's life?
(a) After her brother's execution.
(b) When the Duke returns.
(c) The next day.
(d) On Sunday.

5. Who is trying to make an example of Claudio?
(a) Angelo.
(b) Isabella.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Lucio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isabella respond to Angelo's offer to spare her brother?

2. Why is the Duke leaving the city at the beginning of the play?

3. How is the Duke afraid of being viewed by the people?

4. What does Isabella say her brother will lose if he is executed?

5. What word does Escalus use to describe the Constable?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Isabella meets with Angelo for the second time?

2. What does Angelo say when he is first called to be the new deputy?

3. Why does Isabella think Mariana should accuse Angelo of fornication?

4. What arguments are brought against the death of Claudio in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What does Lucio do when he hears of Claudio's supposed execution?

6. How does Claudio react when he hears about Angelo's proposition to Isabella?

7. What news does Pompey bring when he first appears on stage?

8. What is Claudio arrested for?

9. What information does the Duke ask from the Provost?

10. What does the disguised Duke say to further convince Mariana to participate in the plot?

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