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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Tamburlaine use to feed Bajazeth?
(a) Rock.
(b) Shovel.
(c) Plate.
(d) Sword.

2. Who is not present during the conversation between Cosroe and Tamburlaine?
(a) Mycetes.
(b) Meander.
(c) Techelles.
(d) Theridimas.

3. Zenocrate cannot understand how to reconcile love and...
(a) Pity.
(b) Fear.
(c) Violence.
(d) Rage.

4. Which king is mentioned first in this scene?
(a) Mycetes.
(b) Bajazeth.
(c) Cosroe.
(d) Meander.

5. How is the basso received?
(a) With respect.
(b) With mercy.
(c) With derision.
(d) With contempt.

6. According to the person, Zenocrate should have ______ the actions of Tamburlaine.
(a) Reviled.
(b) Forgiven.
(c) Avenged.
(d) Digested.

7. Who is Zenocrate's father?
(a) King of France.
(b) Bajazeth.
(c) Sultan of Egypt.
(d) Sultan of Saudi Arabia.

8. What other region does this king intend to conquer?
(a) France.
(b) Persia.
(c) Africa.
(d) Ottoman Empire.

9. During what era was the play written?
(a) Georgian.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Middle Ages.
(d) Victorian.

10. Who is the King of Persia?
(a) Corsoe.
(b) Tamburlaine.
(c) Theridimas.
(d) Mycetes.

11. Who informs Tamburlaine that he will be unable to fulfill his mission?
(a) Zenocrate.
(b) Techelles.
(c) Mycetes.
(d) Cosroe.

12. Who proclaims support for Cosroe?
(a) Tamburlaine.
(b) Meander.
(c) Theridimas.
(d) Telleches.

13. Who are the two parties involved in peace talks?
(a) Tamburlaine and the Sultan.
(b) Callapine and Tamburlaine.
(c) Orcanes and Sigismund.
(d) Orcanes and Callapine.

14. What are Zenocrate's servants threatened with if they do not swear loyalty?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Public humiliation.
(d) Death.

15. Who finds the item?
(a) Zenocrate.
(b) Meander.
(c) Menaphon.
(d) Tamburlaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the brother to Mycetes?

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

3. At the end of this scene, Mycetes is surprised that the item was not...

4. Tamburlaine is advancing toward what territory?

5. Which is not offered as a prize for helping the prisoner to escape?

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