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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorenzo give to Pedringano to encourage him to help in killing Serberine?
(a) A house.
(b) A pardon.
(c) A title.
(d) A bag of gold.

2. How are Bel-Imperia and Lorenzo related?
(a) Lorenzo is Bel-Imperia's brother-in-law.
(b) Lorenzo is Bel-Imperia's brother.
(c) Lorenzo is Bel-Imperia's cousin.
(d) Lorenzo is not related to Bel-Imperia.

3. How does Isabella feel about the tree from which Horatio was hanged?
(a) Desire.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Respect.

4. What will Isabella become on her imaginary journey?
(a) Powerful.
(b) An angel.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Death.

5. Why does Hieronimo, in madness, start digging in the ground?
(a) To find the glove that Bel-Imperia gave Horatio.
(b) To create a grave for Lorenzo before he kills him.
(c) So that he can crawl into the Underworld.
(d) So Horatio can emerge from his grave and show the king his wounds.

6. Who says the way to find Lorenzo is to take the path of a guilty conscience "unto a forest of distrust and fear" and to the "rocky cliffs" of despair and death?
(a) The Ghost of Andrea.
(b) Hieronimo.
(c) The king.
(d) Balthazar.

7. In Act 3, Scene 10, of what does a servant reassure Lorenzo and Balthazar?
(a) That Hieronimo is dead.
(b) That Bel-Imperia is dead.
(c) That Serberine is dead.
(d) That Pedringano is dead..

8. What role will Hieronimo play in the play that he wrote?
(a) A vengeful king who hangs himself.
(b) A mercenary who avenges death.
(c) A wronged lover that kills his wife.
(d) An evil manipulater that orchestrates misery.

9. Which of the following characters does Hieronimo NOT ask to act in his play?
(a) Lorenzo
(b) Castile.
(c) Balthazar
(d) Bel-Imperia.

10. How does Balthazar respond to Bel-Imperia's rejection?
(a) He is relieved.
(b) He is excited.
(c) He is calm.
(d) He is wounded.

11. Who does Lorenzo say can get messages through to Bel-Imperia?
(a) Pedringano.
(b) Serbine.
(c) Lorenzo
(d) Balthazar.

12. Where does Isabella imagine herself going after rejecting the advice?
(a) To heaven.
(b) To Portugal.
(c) To hell.
(d) To the underworld.

13. The third citizen comes to Hieronimo regarding his ___'s murder.
(a) Brother.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Son.
(d) Mother.

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

15. After her imaginary journey, to what do Isabella's thoughts return?
(a) Her faith in God.
(b) Her desire for death.
(c) The men who killed her son.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Isabella and Horatio do after they invite the third citizen into their home?

2. After approaching the king, which of the characters does Hieronimo plan on killing?

3. What is contained in the box that Lorenzo gives a servant and says must remain closed?

4. What is Hieronimo's profession?

5. In Act 3, Scene 2, Hieronimo speaks _______ rich with emotional, violent imagery of how miserable he is after the death of Horatio and his plans for revenge.

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