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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. In Act 1, Scene 1, where does Shadow reveal Trock has just been?
(a) In prison.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In the river.
(d) Inside the apartment.

2. In Act 1, Scene 2, who asks Miriamne to leave the room?
(a) Garth.
(b) No one.
(c) Trock.
(d) Esdras.

3. What does Garth know about Romagna?
(a) He was part of the gang.
(b) He was a thief.
(c) He was innocent.
(d) He murdered a man.

4. Who believes that it is better to tell a lie and live, rather than speak the truth and die?
(a) Miriamne.
(b) Esdras.
(c) Garth.
(d) Trock.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, why are both Trock and Garth unhappy?
(a) Someone is looking into Romagna's case.
(b) Miriamne refuses to go back to school.
(c) Shadow is sick.
(d) Esdras is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trock tell Shadow will happen in six months?

2. What does Lucia tell Piny to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What time of day does the play open?

4. What is Garth inspecting when Miriamne arrives?

5. What does Piny sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Professor Hobhouse unnerved both Trock and Garth?

2. What is Esdras' opinion about justice in society?

3. Describe Piny.

4. Why does Miriamne sit alone outside the apartment in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

5. Describe Judge Gaunt.

6. What does the conversation between Mio and Carr reveal about Mio's past in Act 1, Scene 3?

7. How is Miriamne in the way of Mio's goal?

8. What "business" does Mio have to take care of at the end of Act 1?

9. How has Professor Hobhouse's article affected Judge Gaunt?

10. What advice does Lucia give Piny in Act 1, Scene 1?

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