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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lord de Guise have with him?
(a) his wife.
(b) a note pad.
(c) a falcon.
(d) a book.

2. What does Lambert say about his daughter:
(a) that she couldn't kill a human child.
(b) she deserves to be hanged.
(c) she has stolem before.
(d) she has a violent temper.

3. How do Martin and Nicholas gain admittance to Jane's cell?
(a) they are refused.
(b) they accompany John Lambert to visit.
(c) the Sheriff gave permission for the visit.
(d) by paying the jailer.

4. In the play Nicholas plays the role of:
(a) Thomas Wells.
(b) Good Counsel and Conscience.
(c) the Monk.
(d) God.

5. How was the strangling of Thomas Wells portrayed:
(a) verbally.
(b) very realistically.
(c) in dumb stage.
(d) it was only alluded to.

6. What do they learn in the middle of the performance?
(a) the Monk is dead.
(b) Jane is freed.
(c) Jane has been hanged.
(d) the Monk has confessed.

7. During the play, Nicholas realizes that:
(a) it was Lord de Guise who did not want the body seen.
(b) they were doomed to be hanged.
(c) the players made a fatal error.
(d) Lord de Guise was the killer.

8. At the beginning of the performance, Martin tells the audience that:
(a) the play is the play of their town.
(b) the play is not finished and has been postponed.
(c) the play was written in London.
(d) the play is based on Cain and Abel.

9. The Justice, his men and Nicholas ride to:
(a) the castle.
(b) the grave yard.
(c) the roadside.
(d) the church.

10. John Lambert is:
(a) a shop keeper.
(b) a tavern owner.
(c) an employee at the inn.
(d) a weaver.

11. Who does Nicholas tell his story to:
(a) Margaret.
(b) the King's Justice.
(c) the innkeeper.
(d) John Lambert.

12. Lambert refers to the Monk as:
(a) a representative of the Sheriff.
(b) a dirty old man.
(c) the servant of the Antichrist.
(d) a good man.

13. Who asked Margaret how they learned so many details of the crime:
(a) the mother of Thomas Wells.
(b) the Justice.
(c) the sheriff.
(d) the innkeeper.

14. Lord de Guise wants:
(a) the girl killed.
(b) the girl freed.
(c) to see the play of the murder.
(d) the players to leave his domain.

15. While they are waiting for Lord de Guise, they:
(a) stand quietly.
(b) explore their surroundings.
(c) talk of what they will say.
(d) taunt the steward.

Short Answer Questions

1. They discovered that Thomas Wells:

2. Nicholas accompanies Martin to question:

3. According to Springer, who was traveling on the road on the day of the murder?

4. How did the audience appear before the beginning of the performance?

5. The play is ended by:

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