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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Marlowe die?
(a) In a duel.
(b) In barroom brawl.
(c) In a sick bed.
(d) Of old age.

2. Why is the prostitute depressed?
(a) She's dying.
(b) She's being put out of the city.
(c) She has no money.
(d) She hates her customers.

3. What is a counting house?
(a) A boys' school that teaches accounting.
(b) A place where gold, silver, and valuable goods are stored.
(c) A private house built to accomodate visiting royalty.
(d) A business where clerks manage other people's accounts.

4. What question does Abigail ask Ithamore when he returns from delivering the letters?
(a) She asks where he's been.
(b) She asks why he's late.
(c) She asks why he's happy.
(d) She asks why he's drunk.

5. Who tells her son he shouldn't speak to Jews?
(a) Eunice.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Elizabeth.

6. What order does the governor issue concerning the tribute?
(a) All Jews have one week to pack personal items only and leave town.
(b) All Jews are being sold as slaves to the Turks and their possessions auctioned.
(c) All Jews must enlist in the military to fight the Turks and house soldiers in their homes.
(d) All Jews must surrender half their money and convert to Catholicism.

7. When was The Jew of Malta first performed?
(a) 1593.
(b) 1592.
(c) 1591.
(d) 1590.

8. How does Barabas describe Abigail?
(a) A fly, unseen on the wall.
(b) An expert, stealing with ease.
(c) A spy, deceiving his enemies.
(d) A star, shining in the east.

9. How does Barabas conduct his business?
(a) By following his own conscience.
(b) By following the precepts of Judaism.
(c) By following Machevill's recommendations.
(d) By following the precepts of Catholicism.

10. Who is the governor of Malta?
(a) Lodowick.
(b) Calymath.
(c) Ferneze.
(d) Barabas.

11. After executing Barabas's final step in the plan against the nuns, what does Barabas's accomplice do?
(a) He goes to get a drink.
(b) He warns Abigail.
(c) He returns to the house.
(d) He warns the nuns.

12. Where did several of Marlowe's plays take place?
(a) In a barroom.
(b) In a shop.
(c) In a monastary.
(d) In a palace.

13. Who is the prostitute's male friend?
(a) Pilia-Borza.
(b) Belic-Plia.
(c) Boras-Pilial.
(d) Pellam-Berca.

14. What does Barabas think of Catholicism?
(a) That it's priests and nuns are trustworthy.
(b) That is it a legitimate religion.
(c) That is will replace Judaism.
(d) That it is a form of slavery.

15. What does the governor confide to the vice-admiral?
(a) That Malta has a large army.
(b) That theTurks are threatening Malta.
(c) That Malta resents the Spanish.
(d) That the Spanish are unwelcome in Malta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the duelists' parents find?

2. How does Barabas conduct his personal life?

3. Why did the Jews flee to Malta?

4. Who approaches the prostitute and her friend while they are talking?

5. What does Barabas say as he is ruining what Ithamore brings out?

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