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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ithamore warn Pilia-Borza and Bellamira about?
(a) That Barabas is suspious of Pilia-Borza and Bellamira.
(b) That Barabas is suspious of Ithamore.
(c) That Barabas likes to poison his enemies.
(d) That the authorities are suspious of Pilia-Borza and Bellamira.

2. After inspecting the island, what does Calymath do?
(a) Decide where he is going to live.
(b) Tell his men to get ready to sail.
(c) Eat a fancy meal.
(d) Calculate the taxes he is owed.

3. What plan does Barabas devise in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) To trap and kill Martin del Bosca and the sailors.
(b) To steal all the money from the Maltese counting house.
(c) To steal all of Ferneze's money.
(d) To trap and kill Calymath and the Turks.

4. Who is executed for Friar Bernardine's murder?
(a) Friar Jacomo.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Barabas.
(d) The Abbess.

5. What does Calymath tell the messenger who brings the invitation?
(a) That he won't come because he believes the feast is a trap.
(b) That the citadel won't hold all his men.
(c) That he has already eaten a large meal.
(d) That he will kill anyone who tries to harm him or his men.

6. When referring to the results of the delivery to the nunnery, what does the friar suggest?
(a) Get a doctor.
(b) Report the theft to the authorities.
(c) Get water from the well to put out the fire.
(d) Pray for Abigail.

7. Why does Calymath finally agree to accept the invitation?
(a) He decides that he could eat again.
(b) He decides there really was no trap.
(c) He decides that he was too powerful for anyone to harm him.
(d) He is promised a large pearl.

8. What are the fighters to listen for?
(a) The sound of shouting.
(b) The sound of a bell.
(c) The sound of a trumpet.
(d) The sound of a cannon.

9. What will Calymath find at the feast?
(a) A feast full of poisoned food.
(b) A platform that collapses into boiling water and sharp objects.
(c) A group of Maltese officials.
(d) A group of thankful Maltese people.

10. What does Ithamore say when Ferneze confronts him?
(a) He blames the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick entirely on Barabas.
(b) He blames the deaths of Mahias and Lodowick entirely on Abigail.
(c) He confesses he helped with the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick.
(d) He denies involvement in the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick.

11. What does the sound the fighters are to listen for mean?
(a) It's time to retreat.
(b) It's time to gather the fighters.
(c) It's time to fight.
(d) It's time to hide.

12. What do Pilia-Borza and Bellamira do before they die?
(a) Reveal to Ferneze the place where Barabas keeps his gold.
(b) Confess their sins to Ferneze.
(c) Deny their blackmail scheme to Ferneze.
(d) Tell Ferneze the Barabas is responsible for the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick.

13. What do Pilia-Borza, Bellamira, and Ithamore send to Barabas?
(a) A blackmail letter.
(b) A false message to get him out of the house.
(c) A warning to flee.
(d) A poisoned flower.

14. What worries Calymath about the invitation?
(a) That the Maltese people will rebell.
(b) That he will never collect the tribute.
(c) That his father will be disappointed in him.
(d) That the feast may be a trap.

15. What does Ithamore tell Pilia-Borza and Bellamira?
(a) About all of the murders Barabas committed.
(b) About all the murders Ithamore committed.
(c) That he can't go through with the blackmail.
(d) That Barabas has money hidden in several places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two sins does Barabas admit to the friars?

2. Why does Barabas give Pilia-Borza gold?

3. Who makes plans with Ferneze in Act 5, Scene 4?

4. What does the Abbess do as a result of the delivery to the nunnery?

5. How does Barabas get free?

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