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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Provost say will happen to Angelo after Claudio's execution?
(a) He will regret it.
(b) He will have changed nothing.
(c) He will feel too confident.
(d) He will be fired.

2. What does the Duke plan to disguise himself as?
(a) A woman.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A servant.
(d) A friar.

3. What kind of occupation is Claudio's sister trying to obtain?
(a) Writer.
(b) Artist.
(c) Wife.
(d) Nun.

4. Where is Claudio's sister when she first appears on stage?
(a) In church.
(b) At a convent.
(c) At a graveyard.
(d) In her brother's house.

5. What does the Duke think will happen to Angelo when given power?
(a) It will harden him.
(b) It will make him less faithful
(c) It will drive him mad.
(d) It will weaken him.

6. How does Claudio's sister feel when she first hears of her brother's arrest?
(a) She feels justice has been served.
(b) She can't believe it.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is not surprised.

7. How long has it been since someone was killed for fornication?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) Never.
(d) 40 years.

8. Who is trying to make an example of Claudio?
(a) The Duke.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Lucio.
(d) Angelo.

9. Who tells Claudio's sister about his arrest?
(a) Angelo.
(b) A priest.
(c) Lucio.
(d) A messenger.

10. What does Claudio's friend call his sister when he finds her?
(a) Sister.
(b) Lover.
(c) Saint.
(d) Lady.

11. How does Angelo feel about Isabella's words?
(a) They are compassionate.
(b) They are aggravating.
(c) They are logical.
(d) They are foolish.

12. What has Isabella unloosed in Angelo after pleading for her brother's life?
(a) His lust.
(b) His compassion.
(c) His anger.
(d) His temptations.

13. How does the Duke feel about what the woman tells him in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) He is deeply shocked.
(b) He is happy to hear it.
(c) He is not surprised.
(d) He feels deep compassion.

14. How do the people in Vienna view the laws, according to the Duke?
(a) They laugh at them.
(b) They have forgotten them.
(c) They fear them.
(d) They don't know them.

15. Who is the first woman the Duke meets in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The nun.
(b) Mistress Overdone.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Isabella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pompey's occupation?

2. Why is Angelo being so harsh in punishing Claudio?

3. Who is Claudio's sister talking to when she first appears on stage?

4. What does the woman tell the disguised Duke in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. Where does Claudio's sister want to live?

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