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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scenes 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After seeing Hieronimo digging in the ground, what does the King tell Lorenzo to do?
(a) Disappear from the kingdom.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Give Hieronimo the ransom.
(d) Kill Hieronimo.

2. What causes Hieronimo to emerge from his hiding place shouting for justice?
(a) The sound of Bel-Imperia's sobs.
(b) The sound of Horatio's name.
(c) The rewarding of Lorenzo.
(d) The rewarding of Balthazar.

3. What does Castile say about Bel-Imperia's feelings for Balthazar in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) She wants to express her love for him.
(b) She does not love him.
(c) She is only pretending not to love him.
(d) She will never love him.

4. Which of the following characters' motives are exposed and explained in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The ambassador's.
(b) Balthazar's.
(c) The king's.
(d) Bel-Imperia's.

5. Who gives Isabella advice in Act 3, Scene 8?
(a) A servant.
(b) Her maid.
(c) Bel-Imperia.
(d) Hieronimo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Lorenzo give Balthazar regarding Bel-Imperia?

2. What does Hieronimo talk about in his soliloquy in Act 4, Scene 3 that is spurring his revenge of Horatio's death?

3. Why does Balthazar come to visit Bel-Imperia in the Spanish court?

4. About whom does a courtier make a comment to the viceroy, saying that he is surprised could be filled with so much hate in regard to Balthazar's death?

5. Why does the viceroy order that Alexandro be brought to him in Act 3, Scene 1?

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