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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scenes 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Isabella not consider in Act 3, Scene 8?
(a) Her son's killers.
(b) Herbal remedies.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The Underworld

2. Why doesn't Hieronimo kill himself?
(a) There would be no one to avenge Horatio's death.
(b) He is too proud to commit suicide.
(c) He decides that Lorenzo is not worth his death.
(d) He thinks killing oneself is a sin.

3. How do Lorenzo and the others kill Horatio?
(a) Shoot him and stab him.
(b) Trample him with a horse.
(c) Draw and quarter him.
(d) Hang him and stab him.

4. 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.

5. What is Lorenzo said to be doing in "boiling lead and the blood of innocents"?
(a) Bathing.
(b) Succeeding.
(c) Crawling.
(d) Celebrating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two warriors/courtiers with whom the viceroy speaks in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What advice is given to Isabella in Act 3, Scene 8?

3. How does the ambassador prove to the viceroy that Balthazar is alive?

4. Why is Proserpine allowed to return to earth for six months of the year?

5. What is primarily demonstrated by the presence of the third citizen in this scene?

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