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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lorenzo promise he will do while Balthazar distracts himself with sport and partying?

3. How does the audience know what Balthazar and Lorenzo are thinking as they secretly watch Bel-Imperia and Horatio?

4. What decision do Bel-Imperia and Horatio make as Balthazar and Lorenzo look on?

5. If Balthazar and Bel-Imperia have a son, over which country will he be king?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the king tell the Portuguese ambassador about the marriage between Bel-Imperia and Balthazar and about them having a son?

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

3. Describe Hieronimo's soliloquy that he performs while reading from a book in Act 3, Scene 13.

4. As Bel-Imperia and Horatio decide to marry and return to the banquet, what does Lorenzo say will happen to Horatio and what does he mean by this?

5. What is Hieronimo's purpose at the king's banquet and how does this play out?

6. When Andrea first introduces himself in the play, what facets of his life does he mention?

7. When Isabella's thoughts return to the men who killed her son in Act 3, Scene 8, what does she do?

8. Describe Pedringano's involvement with the attack on Horatio.

9. Why does Hieronimo consider killing himself and why does he decide not to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Isabella considers taking herbal remedies but decides that they will not be effective. Evaluate the role of healing and medicine in the novel, writing an essay showing how these themes play out in the context of "The Spanish Tragedy."

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay evaluating how rhyming and blank un-rhyming verse are used to express the mood of particular characters or scenes.

Essay Topic 3

The central themes revenge represents are the inevitability and rightness of justice. Write an essay exploring how these themes come into play in "The Spanish Tragedy."

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