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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. Who/what serves as witness to the new agreement?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Gods.
(c) Zenocrate.
(d) Tree stump.

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

3. Tamburlaine compares himself to who/what?
(a) A mighty stallion.
(b) Atilla the Hun.
(c) The wind.
(d) Ancient Greek gods.

4. Zenocrate is told that Tamburlaine thinks only of:
(a) Fear.
(b) Riches.
(c) Love.
(d) Conquest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Corsoe comments that Mycetes should kiss what?

2. Who is the King of Persia?

3. Tamburlaine intends to conquer every territory to what region?

4. What is the purpose of the treaty?

5. The Sultan is angry because Zenocrate is being kept as Tamburlaine's:

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bajazeth react to the news that Tamburlaine intends to challenge his rule over the Turkish Empire?

2. How is Callapine introduced in this scene? What are his intentions?

3. What is the outcome of the attempt to offer the city's ruler the chance to surrender?

4. What does Tamburlaine mean when he claims that wounds mean nothing? How does he prove it?

5. What is the purpose of Tamburlaine's treatment of Bajazeth and Zabina?

6. How does Theridimas attempt to protect Tamburlaine from his grief?

7. Why does Tamburlaine admonish one of the kings for saying that Amyras is cruel?

8. How is Tamburlaine introduced into the story?

9. Why is Theridimas upset with himself?

10. What is Tamburlaine's wish for Zenocrate's soul?

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