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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scenes 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Balthazar and Andrea?
(a) Balthazar is Andrea's love.
(b) Balthazar grew up with Andrea.
(c) Balthazar is Andrea's cousin.
(d) Balthazar killed Andrea.

2. In Act 3, Scene 9, what does Bel-Imperia soliloquize about?
(a) Her frustration with her father for trying to marry her to Balthazar.
(b) Her frustration at Lorenzo for keeping her prisoner.
(c) Her anger at the Hangman for killing Pedringano.
(d) Her dislike for Balthazar.

3. In the myth referenced in the play, what does Proserpine bring with her when she returns to the Earth?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Spring.
(c) Snow.
(d) Sadness.

4. What does the letter say that Horatio discovers Bel-Imperia left him?
(a) Horatio was a traitor.
(b) Balthazar and Lorenzo killed Horatio.
(c) She is in love with Balthazar.
(d) Lorenzo does not deserve to die.

5. Which of the following characters does not have a say in the marriage between Balthazar and Bel-Imperia?
(a) The king.
(b) Castile.
(c) Balthazar.
(d) Bel-Imperia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the Ambassador NOT do in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. When the ambassador and the king discuss ransom for Horatio, how does the king feel about Horatio's death?

3. In Act 1, Scene 5, how does Revenge respond to the Ghost's question about why he's being made to sit through a celebration of the man who killed him?

4. Which of the following literary devices are used to begin Act 2, Scene 1?

5. Which of the following characters' motives are exposed and explained in Act 2, Scene 3?

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