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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florio suggest to ease the tension of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What does Annabella say to Donado regarding marrying Bergetto in Act 2, Scene 6?

3. Which comment of praise does Bergetto give his own letter in Act 2, Scene 4 after it is read aloud?

4. Who is Annabella referring to when she says "what blessed shape / Of some celestial creature now appears"?

5. Who are brother and sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Richardetto's opinion of what has happened to Hippolita?

2. What does Putana do that gets her into trouble in Act 4, Scene 3? What happens to her?

3. What are the different reactions to what has happened to Hippolita in Act 4, Scene 1?

4. Why does Richardetto say that Annabella is sick? What does Florio say he has done in Act 3, Scene 3?

5. How does Richardetto convince Grimaldi to murder Soranzo? How is this to happen?

6. What has happened in Act 3, Scene 7?

7. What has happened to Bergetto when he enters Act 2, Scene 6?

8. Why is Hippolita upset in Act 2, Scene 2? What does she plan to do?

9. What do Soranzo and Vasquez plan in Act 5, Scene 2? What will happen?

10. How does Annabella respond to Soranzo's attempts to learn the identity of the baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does suspense rise throughout the play? Use examples from the play to summarize the use of suspense, where it is strongest, and how it progresses the story.

Essay Topic 2

How is love used as a motivation for the characters? What are the positive and negative aspects of the use of this motivation by the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Putana's fate seems cruel and unusual. What was its purpose? Do you agree with it?

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