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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the king interpret the the use of warriors in the play presented at his banquet?
(a) As an insult to his abilities.
(b) As representative of his own status as a warrior.
(c) As a threat to his safety.
(d) He has no interpretation.

2. Who is the king's nephew?
(a) Hieronimo.
(b) Balthazar.
(c) Lorenzo.
(d) Horatio.

3. In the underworld, to whom do the governing spirits send Andrea to be judged?
(a) Perseus.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Thor.
(d) Zeus.

4. Who brings Andrea back to the living from the underworld?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Balthazar.

5. What does Alexandro beg the viceroy to allow him to do in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Speak.
(b) Kill Villuppo.
(c) Travel.
(d) Seek vengeance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two warriors/courtiers with whom the viceroy speaks in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. To what play is The Spanish Tragedy a sequel?

3. Which title does Balthazar hold?

4. How can the language of the viceroy's soliloquy (really an aside) in Act 1, Scene 3 be described?

5. What does Villuppo reveal to the audience in an aside at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

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