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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the king greet Balthazar when he receives him as a prisoner?
(a) Graciously.
(b) Excitedly.
(c) Wrathfully.
(d) Viciously.

2. How long does the king say Balthazar will be kept prisoner in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A lifetime.
(b) Until the tribute is paid.
(c) He will be immediately released.
(d) Two months.

3. What does the Ghost complain to Revenge that he should be seeing instead of his friend being slain?
(a) The happiness of Bel-Imperia.
(b) The exhaltation of Horatio.
(c) The death of Balthazar.
(d) The death of Lorenzo.

4. To whom does the king send a message via the Portuguese ambassador regarding the marriage of Bel-Imperia and Balthazar?
(a) The viceroy.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) Balthazar.
(d) Castile.

5. Where is the viceroy when he speaks with two warriors/courtiers in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The Spanish castle.
(b) The battlefield.
(c) The Imperial Gardens.
(d) The Portuguese court.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language do Hieronimo and Isabella speak a dirge as they carry Horatio's body away?

2. When Pedringano appears on stage for the first time, of what does Lorenzo remind him?

3. How does the viceroy react when Alexandro protests his innocence?

4. In the Spanish court, who pleads with Horatio to tell her more about the circumstances of Andrea's death, referring poetically to how much she loved him?

5. What does the viceroy confirm with the two warriors/courtiers in Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the Portuguese ask Hieronimo to lead them to Lorenzo, where does Hieronimo say Lorenzo is?

2. What is an aside in a play and how does Villuppo use an aside in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. Why does Lorenzo plot to kill Serberine and whom does he employ to help him carry out his plan?

4. Describe Bel-Imperia's soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 9.

5. What advice does Lorenzo give Balthazar when Bel-Imperia is released?

6. Describe how Hieronimo kills himself and another that he kills with the same weapon.

7. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3, what does the king ask Castile and how does he respond?

8. What does Hieronimo start doing in front of the king to cause the king to ask what is wrong with him?

9. Who is Pedringano and how does Lorenzo persuade him to help in the plot against Horatio?

10. After her encounter with Balthazar at the Spanish court, what does Bel-Imperia drop, who picks it up, and how is this significant?

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