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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ruler's wife?
(a) Oleander.
(b) Ignatia.
(c) Olympia.
(d) Eleanor.

2. Almeda comments that since Tamburlaine has been named king, he has...
(a) Changed the face of the world.
(b) Became vain and careless.
(c) Struck fear into the hearts of men.
(d) Amounted to nothing.

3. Where does Tamburlaine intend to take Zenocrate?
(a) Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) Persia.
(d) Egypt.

4. Why is the wife not allowed to die?
(a) She is a witch.
(b) She knows the secrets of the kingdom.
(c) Theridimas is in love with her.
(d) She is pregnant.

5. Who will receive the crowns of Bajazeth's regents?
(a) Meander and Techelles.
(b) Theridimas and Menaphon.
(c) Theridimas and Techelles.
(d) Mycetes and Bajazeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not a name of one of the children?

2. What is a "basso?"

3. To which of these is Tamburlaine not compared?

4. Who sends a peace offering to Tamburlaine?

5. Who proposes peace talks instead of war?

(see the answer key)

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