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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. Which of the following literary devices are used to begin Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Prose.
(b) An aside.
(c) Soliloquy.
(d) Rhyming verse.

2. What comment does Villuppo make to his courtier about Alexandro's friendship with Andrea?
(a) That is is admirable.
(b) That it is on-and-off.
(c) That it is false.
(d) That it is horrible.

3. What does the king tell Castile to do at the end of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Pay a higher ransom to obtain Balthazar.
(b) Meet Balthazar privately.
(c) Convince Bel-Imperia to open her heart to Balthazar.
(d) Pray to God to bring Andrea back.

4. Which of the following is not a way that the Scene 1 in the play acts?
(a) As a prologue.
(b) As a frame.
(c) As foreshadowing.
(d) As exposition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters does not have a say in the marriage between Balthazar and Bel-Imperia?

2. What is the relationship between Balthazar and Andrea?

3. Why is Proserpine allowed to return to earth for six months of the year?

4. As Bel-Imperia calls for help after Lorenzo, Balthazar, Pedringano, and Serberine enter disguised, who grabs Bel-Imperia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize how the general describes the events on the battlefield to the Spanish king and his men.

3. What does the Portuguese ambassador do as he is leaving the king and Castile?

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

5. What cure does the maid suggest for Isabella to ease her troubled thoughts, does she use it, and why or why not?

6. Why did Villuppo lie about Alexandro's guilt and what punishment is he given for his lies?

7. Why does Castile come to visit Hieronimo while he is preparing for the play and what do they talk about?

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

9. Describe Bel-Imperia and Balthazar's first meeting after she is released by Lorenzo.

10. What does Castile say to Bel-Imperia when she looks sad regarding her impending marriage to Balthazar?

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