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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of this scene, Mycetes is surprised that the item was not...
(a) Stolen.
(b) Lost.
(c) Damaged.
(d) Destroyed.

2. Tamburlaine pledges to do what to the town in which Zenocrate died?
(a) Revisit it each year.
(b) Make it his home.
(c) Turn it into a shrine.
(d) Burn it down.

3. What is the illness plaguing Zenocrate?
(a) It is not revealed.
(b) Plague.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Consumption.

4. What is the name of Bajazeth's wife?
(a) Zabina.
(b) Sable.
(c) Zenocrate.
(d) Sabrina.

5. What is a "basso?"
(a) Small horse.
(b) Platoon.
(c) Messenger.
(d) Type of serving dish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mycetes mocked?

2. During what era was the play written?

3. Orcanes' allies are affiliated with what group?

4. Music from what instrument precedes Theridimas' arrival?

5. What trait does the new emperor claim to have that the old one did not?

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