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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Act 1, Scene 2 begin?
(a) A love scene.
(b) A duel.
(c) A verbal argument.
(d) A calm courtyard conversation.

2. What does Richardetto find "mystery in"?
(a) Giovanni's standoffish veneer.
(b) Florio's hospitality.
(c) Hippolita spends much time with Soranzo.
(d) Annabella does not love any of her suitors.

3. What does Bergetto insult of Annabella's in the letter in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Her scent.
(b) Her teeth.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her nose.

4. What is the final line of Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) "That one so excellent should give those parts / All to a second death."
(b) "Yet time is left you both-"
(c) "She is, like me, and I like her, resolved."
(d) "Things being thus, a pair of souls are lost."

5. Which of the following quotes is from the poem Soranzo reads in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) "Love's measure is the mean, sweet his annoys."
(b) "Venice, that queen of cities, he had left."
(c) "O how my thoughts are-"
(d) "To work then, happy Muse, and contradict."

6. Which of the following is NOT something the Friar calls Giovanni?
(a) A worm.
(b) A wretch.
(c) A sinner.
(d) A nothing.

7. What is the only city that is referenced in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Leeds.
(b) Bologna.
(c) Prague.
(d) Warsaw.

8. Who is being referred to in the quote "The man I hate / Worse than confusion-"?
(a) Soranzo.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Florio.
(d) Grimaldi.

9. What does Giovanni announce to the audience in his monologue in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) That he has decided to kill himself.
(b) That he is to kill Annabella.
(c) That he has prayed but still loves Annabella.
(d) That he is to leave his home forever.

10. Why is Hippolita upset in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Because of her dead husband.
(b) Because of Annabella's beauty.
(c) Her father is ill.
(d) Over the way she is treated by Soranzo.

11. What does Giovanni urge Annabella to do in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Forget him.
(b) Marry.
(c) Write music.
(d) Run away.

12. Which of the following does Donado say he is to Bergetto in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Assistant and chief.
(b) Writer and deliverer.
(c) Secretary and messenger.
(d) Mind and legs.

13. What is the final line of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) "Please you to know her."
(b) "We'll hear them both."
(c) "Sir, what I am / She shall command."
(d) "I'll wait upon you, sir."

14. Who is the last character to speak in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Annabella.
(b) Vasquez.
(c) Hippolita.
(d) Soranzo.

15. Where is Richardetto from?
(a) Athens.
(b) Venice.
(c) Padua.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Florio's main concern regarding his daughter?

2. Whose house does the action of Act 1, Scene 2 take place in front of?

3. Who does the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2 center around?

4. What is special about the horse of Bergetto's story in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. Who do the characters discuss in Act 1, Scene 1?

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