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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 Isabella respond to Angelo's offer to spare her brother?
(a) She slaps him.
(b) She asks to have some time to think about it.
(c) She refuses.
(d) She thanks him and accepts.

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

3. What kind of occupation is Claudio's sister trying to obtain?
(a) Nun.
(b) Wife.
(c) Artist.
(d) Writer.

4. What reason does the disguised Duke give for asking the provost for some information?
(a) He wants to bless Angelo.
(b) He needs to minister to the prisoners.
(c) He is a close friend of Claudio's.
(d) He has been away for a long time.

5. What does the Duke plan to disguise himself as?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A friar.
(c) A servant.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the Duke not honor the wishes of his new deputy at the beginning of the play?

3. Why is Angelo being so harsh in punishing Claudio?

4. What do the gentlemen in scene two say they probably have as a result of their lifestyle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Claudio arrested for?

2. Why does the Duke choose to appoint Angelo as the new deputy?

3. What does the Duke say is the cause of the moral backsliding in Vienna?

4. What does the Duke say when he is left alone on stage in the prison?

5. What does Isabella think when she is first told about her brother's arrest?

6. How does the Duke plan to observe the actions of Angelo?

7. What does Lucio tell Isabella about Claudio's arrest?

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

9. What does Juliet tell the Duke in Act 2, Scene 3?

10. What happens when Barnardine is brought out to be executed?

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