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

2. What is the peace offering?
(a) Four Virgins.
(b) Keys to the Kingdom.
(c) Silks.
(d) Jewels and Gold.

3. Who sends a peace offering to Tamburlaine?
(a) King of Arabia.
(b) Bajazeth.
(c) Sultan.
(d) Governor of Damascus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quick to praise Tamburlaine?

2. Mycetes offers what to the one that kills the traitors?

3. Who does the Sultan approach as a potential ally?

4. With whom does Zenocrate discuss her feelings toward Tamburlaine?

5. To which of these is Tamburlaine not compared?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cosroe decide to defect to Tamburlaine's side?

2. What are the protests heard from Amyras and Celebinus when Tamburlaine says he is dying?

3. Sigismund is urged to break his pact with Orcanes and to join forces with Tambulaine. Who makes the plea and why?

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

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

6. What is a basso? What is the purpose of sending one to Tamburlaine?

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

8. What is the purpose of creating a Part Two to the play?

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

10. How do Zenocrate and Zabina react to the battle between their men?

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