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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hieronimo do to the documents presented by the first two citizens (the ones who have similar complaints)?
(a) Keeps them.
(b) Gives them back to the citizens.
(c) Tears them up.
(d) Gives them to the King.

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

3. Hieronimo, left alone, imagines himself pleading for justice first before the king, and then before who?
(a) Bel-Imperia.
(b) His wife, Isabella.
(c) A fiery god of the Underworld.
(d) The character Revenge.

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

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

6. Why does Isabella not take the advice in Act 3, Scene 8?
(a) Because she is allergic to the remedies.
(b) She does take the advice.
(c) Because she says there's no medicine for her heart.
(d) Because her husband has advised against it.

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

8. How does Hieronimo fix the problems of the two citizens that have similar issues to each other?
(a) He tells them to go to the king.
(b) He imprisons the criminals.
(c) He shoots them.
(d) He hands over his gold and several other possessions to them.

9. How does Pedringano interact with his executioner?
(a) He is ready to die.
(b) He makes jokes to him.
(c) He begs for a pardon.
(d) He is somber.

10. Who does Lorenzo think gave Hieronimo the note revealing his and Balthazar's guilt?
(a) Balthazar.
(b) Pedringano.
(c) Serberine.
(d) Bel-Imperia.

11. After Bel-Imperia agrees to support Hieronimo's revenge, but before he can explain his plan, what happens?
(a) Balthazar and Lorenzo enter.
(b) He hears a voice in the bushes.
(c) He receives a letter from the king.
(d) Lorenzo brings in a letter.

12. Which of the following statements describes the depiction of the afterlife in Act 3, Scene 8?
(a) Christian.
(b) Fiery.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Depressing.

13. Hieronimo says that he wrote a play when?
(a) When he was a student.
(b) When his son was born.
(c) When he got the job as marshal.
(d) When he lost his son.

14. Lorenzo tells Bel-Imperia that something has angered Castile. What does he say this thing is?
(a) Lorenzo's lies to Hieronimo.
(b) Bel-Imperia's grief at Andrea's death.
(c) Bel-Imperia's failure to love Balthazar.
(d) Lorenzo's capture of Bel-Imperia.

15. After Balthazar and Bel-Imperia banter about who loves whom, Bel-Imperia leaves having __________.
(a) Pesuaded Balthazar that she will kill him.
(b) Convinced Balthazar that she doesn't love him.
(c) Convinced Balthazar that she loves him.
(d) Persuaded Lorenzo that she will exact revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Hieronimo to emerge from his hiding place shouting for justice?

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

3. After her imaginary journey, to what do Isabella's thoughts return?

4. Who comes in, calms Bel-Imperia and leads her out after her soliloquy in act 3, Scene 9?

5. In Act 3, Scene 11, the king comes in with the ambassador, Castile, and Lorenzo, discussing what?

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