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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After approaching the king, which of the characters does Hieronimo plan on killing?
(a) Serberine.
(b) Balthazar.
(c) Bel-Imperia.
(d) The king.

2. What does Hieronimo talk to Balthazar about regarding the play in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) A cushion for the king.
(b) Balthazar does not appear in this scene.
(c) Getting a key to the king's box seats.
(d) Isabella's death.

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

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

5. After Hieronimo discovers that Balthazar and Lorenzo were definitely behind Horatio's murder, what does he decide to do?
(a) Erect a statue in memory of Horatio.
(b) Kill Bel-Imperia to sadden Balthazar.
(c) Kill Lorenzo and Balthazar.
(d) Go to the king and plead for justice.

6. 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..

7. Why does Lorenzo plan to kill Serberine?
(a) Because he thinks he wrote a letter revealing his guilt.
(b) Because he reminds Lorenzo of Bel-Imperia.
(c) Because he is going to take Pedringano as a servant instead.
(d) Because he is tired of having a servant.

8. What is Hieronimo's profession?
(a) Servant.
(b) Viceroy.
(c) Hangman.
(d) Marshal.

9. After dismissing the first two citizens in Act 3, Scene 13, for whom does Hieronimo mistake the third citizen?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Bel-Imperia.
(c) Lorenzo.
(d) Balthazar.

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

11. How does the ambassador say the viceroy feels about the idea of marriage between Balthazar and Bel-Imperia?
(a) He thinks it is a bad idea.
(b) He is surprised by it.
(c) He approves of it.
(d) He is saddened by it.

12. Castile tells Bel-Imperia that her _________ in loving Andrea has been forgiven.
(a) Naivety.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Disloyalty.
(d) Mistake.

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

14. What prop does Hieronimo use as he gives is soliloquy at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 13?
(a) A gravestone.
(b) A skull.
(c) A book.
(d) A chair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Isabella not consider in Act 3, Scene 8?

2. What does Hieronimo do to the documents presented by the first two citizens (the ones who have similar complaints)?

3. Why is Isabella given advice in Act 3, Scene 8?

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

5. What does the letter say that Horatio discovers Bel-Imperia left him?

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