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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took Balthazar prisoner during the battle between Portugal and Spain?
(a) Balthazar.
(b) Don Pedro.
(c) Horatio.
(d) Lorenzo.

2. Who challenged Don Pedro during the battle between Portugal and Spain?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Balthazar.
(c) Lorenzo.
(d) Hieronimo.

3. What did Horatio insist happen to Andrea's body after his death?
(a) Nothing, He doesn't believe Andrea is dead.
(b) He insisted that the body be left on the battlefield.
(c) He insisted that the body be brought back for a respectful burial.
(d) He insisted that the body be burned in a pyre on a ship.

4. Which of the following is not a way that the Scene 1 in the play acts?
(a) As a prologue.
(b) As exposition.
(c) As a frame.
(d) As foreshadowing.

5. In Act 1, Scene 5, how does Revenge respond to the Ghost's question about why he's being made to sit through a celebration of the man who killed him?
(a) Revenge says that he is actually the guilty one.
(b) Revenge says the characters are not as happy as they seem.
(c) Revenge says the joy of all characters will be turned to misery.
(d) Revenge says that he likes seeing the Ghost's pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Villuppo tell the viceroy about what happened to Balthazar?

2. Whom does Balthazar request as his companion when he is captured?

3. Who is the king's nephew?

4. Which title does Balthazar hold?

5. When the procession in Act 1, Scene 2 passes by the king, to whom does the king demand a reward be given?

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