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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. What does Barabas do with what Ithamore brings out?
(a) He adds urine to it.
(b) He mixes crushed glass in it.
(c) He sprinkles dirt in it.
(d) He puts poisons in it.

2. What kind of person is amoral?
(a) One who lives according to his own rules.
(b) One who tells everyone else what to do.
(c) One who acts without regard to moral precepts and rules.
(d) One who asks advice for important decisions.

3. How does Machevill suggest a person gains power?
(a) Through honesty and perseverence.
(b) Through deception and murder.
(c) Through stealing and blackmail.
(d) Through greed and immoral behavior.

4. What does Ithamore do after he's delivered the letters?
(a) He hires a prostitute.
(b) He returns to Barabas's house.
(c) He visits a friend.
(d) He goes to a tavern to have a drink.

5. What does Abigail tell the friar she's been thinking about?
(a) What will become of her father.
(b) About where she'll go when she dies.
(c) About which religion God approves of.
(d) What the nuns taught her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Abigail ask Ithamore when he returns from delivering the letters?

2. What is the name of the slave Barabas buys?

3. Where did the bag and its contents come from?

4. What is required before the imports on a ship can be offloaded?

5. Where is the man approaching the prostitute and her friend coming from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barabas die?

2. What does Ithamore's reaction to the death of Mathias and Lodowick say about him?

3. What is Abigail's reaction to her betrothal to Lodowick?

4. How does Barabas's reaction to Abigail's departure show his selfishness?

5. What how does Barabas react when the friars confront him about the deaths of Mathias and Lodowick?

6. What do Machevill and Barabas have in common?

7. After conquering Malta, what message does Calymath receive?

8. Why is Friar Jacomo accused of killing Friar Bernardine?

9. When Barabas first appears in the play, how does he feel about politics?

10. Why is Ferneze happy to learn that the Spanish navy has fought with and weakened the Turkish ships?

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