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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barabas react when he learns that Abigail has left his house for good?
(a) He's furious.
(b) He doesn't care.
(c) He wants to burn the nunnery.
(d) He's wants to remove her from the nunnery.

2. What does Barabas tell Pilia-Borza after Barabas gives him the gold?
(a) That Pilia-Borza will not get away with blackmail.
(b) That he should return for more gold later.
(c) That he is afraid of Pilia-Borza.
(d) That he will kill Pilia-Borza.

3. What does Barabas say as he is ruining what Ithamore brings out?
(a) He invokes curses on those who'll be getting it.
(b) He remarks that revenge will be sweet.
(c) He prays those who get it will become ill.
(d) He promises Ithamore a reward for delivering it.

4. What does Barabas plan for the nuns?
(a) To kill them.
(b) To accuse them of taking Abigail.
(c) To let them live their own lives.
(d) To prove to them that Catholicism is false.

5. What gets delivered to the nunnery?
(a) A letter asking Abigail to return.
(b) A bag of money to take care of his daughter.
(c) A meal that will kill those who eat it.
(d) A meal as an offering of peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the vice-admiral respond to the governor's confidence?

2. How does the governor betray Malta?

3. What does the governor confide to the vice-admiral?

4. What does Barabas discover about Abigail?

5. Who has the Spanish armada been fighting?

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