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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. Mycetes is urged to offer what to the soldiers?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silks.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Fame.

2. Tamburlaine originally says that his love for Zenocrate is:
(a) Flattery.
(b) Fictitious.
(c) A ploy.
(d) Untrue.

3. Who informs Cosroe of Theridimas' defection?
(a) Theridimas.
(b) Generals.
(c) Mycetes.
(d) Tamburlaine.

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

5. Who is Almeda?
(a) Slave.
(b) Ally.
(c) Jailer.
(d) Prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zenocrate is told that Tamburlaine thinks only of:

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

3. Who sends a peace offering to Tamburlaine?

4. What is Theridimas' title?

5. The king attempts to negotiate with Tamburlaine on what item?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tamburlaine mock the kings after they are captured?

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

3. Who approaches Tamburlaine from Persia? What is the agreement struck between the two men?

4. Why does Mycetes hide his crown? From whom is he hiding it?

5. What spurs on Callapine's conviction to humiliate and kill Tamburlaine?

6. What suggestion does Meander make to Mycetes in light of the defection?

7. How is Tamburlaine introduced into the story?

8. How does Tamburlaine learn about the location of the hidden treasure the Governor has offered as a bribe?

9. Why is Sigismund's body left on the battlefield?

10. What happens to Zenocrate? How does Agydas eventually die?

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