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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Cardinal believe the Duchess should be punished?
(a) By being banished with Antonio and their children.
(b) By having to pay the church as penance for her sins.
(c) By going into solitude for 1 year.
(d) He believes she should be forgiven for her sins.

2. What do Delio and Silvio make fun of Malateste for?
(a) Not being a genuine soldier and only pretending to be one.
(b) Giving too much money to the church.
(c) Being too old to get married.
(d) Having a speech impediment.

3. Why do the pilgrims think what they do about the Duchess's choice to marry Antonio?
(a) They are surprised, because the Duchess is "beneath" Antonio.
(b) They are happy, because the wedding has been planned for a long time.
(c) They are surprised, because Antonio is "beneath" the Duchess.
(d) They are grateful to God for such a happy union.

4. After Ferdinand has gone mad, he is found wandering the streets carrying what?
(a) Foul-smelling potions and objects from a nearby doctor.
(b) Dead body parts he has dug up out of graves.
(c) Rotting vegetables and other items from the trash.
(d) Pieces of dead animals.

5. Julia gives Pescara a letter, which contains a request from the Cardinal. What does it say?
(a) That Pescara should give Julia some of Antonio's former property.
(b) That Pescara should kill Julia as soon as possible.
(c) That Pescara is being promoted to being a cardinal.
(d) That Pescara must leave for Rome at once.

6. What do the final comments from the pilgrims foreshadow?
(a) War from a neighboring country.
(b) The happiness in the future for Antonio and the Duchess.
(c) Antonio's impending doom.
(d) That the Duchess's daughter will get the plague.

7. How is the Duchess murdered?
(a) By hanging
(b) By stabbing
(c) By poison
(d) By strangulation

8. The Duchess tells Antonio about a dream she has. What does she describe happens in the dream?
(a) The family takes a boat trip somewhere.
(b) The family reclaims its honor.
(c) The Duchess becomes queen.
(d) The diamonds in her crown are changed to pearls.

9. The Cardinal makes Pescara, Malateste, Roderigo, and Grisolan promise him something, so that he can dispose of Julia's body. What is it?
(a) That they will work to get him reinstated in the church.
(b) That they will not enter his room, no matter what sounds they hear.
(c) That they will leave the castle and never return.
(d) That they will go to church and pray for him through the night.

10. Antonio's murder was:
(a) Carefully plotted for years.
(b) Not supposed to happen for another 3 weeks.
(c) Accidental
(d) Carried out exactly as planned.

11. What position is the Cardinal resigning from?
(a) Being in charge of the town's finances.
(b) Governor
(c) Official historian of the town.
(d) Cardinal

12. What is unique about the structure of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) No one actually sees each other; they are talking only through walls.
(b) Much of the action is done without dialogue but with song instead.
(c) It is done in absolute silence.
(d) It is done only by candlelight.

13. Act 3, Scene 3 is a scene with many characters discussing a minor plot while a few other characters -- including Delio -- are making side comments and observing Ferdinand and the Cardinal. Delio's comments convey that he:
(a) Is beginning to respect Ferdinand, but not the Cardinal.
(b) Is beginning to respect the Cardinal, but not Ferdinand.
(c) Does not like or trust Ferdinand and the Cardinal.
(d) Is beginning to respect Ferdinand and the Cardinal.

14. When the Cardinal asks Bosola to kill Antonio, Bosola:
(a) Hires someone else to do it.
(b) Says he'll do it, but for a very high price.
(c) Lies to the Cardinal, and says he'll do it.
(d) Agrees to do it.

15. Who is the Duke of Malfi?
(a) The ruler of their part of the country.
(b) The Duchess's son from her first marriage.
(c) Ferdinand's son who is away at war.
(d) The Cardinal's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bosola learns of the Cardinal's plans to kill him by:

2. How does Ferdinand pay Bosola for murdering the Duchess?

3. As the message is delivered to the Cardinal and Ferdinand, what are other people in the room observing?

4. Antonio says that he is glad to die when he hears the news of:

5. Bosola believes he is haunted by:

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