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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. Which title does Balthazar hold?
(a) Viceroy.
(b) Ambassador.
(c) King.
(d) Prince.

2. How does the viceroy respond to Alexandro's claims about Balthazar?
(a) He is furious.
(b) He wants to take a search party to find him immediately.
(c) He does not believe him.
(d) He is ecstatic.

3. Why is Andrea told he is brought back from the underworld?
(a) To kill his best friend.
(b) To understand the hatred of humanity.
(c) To see revenge taken on the man who killed him.
(d) To see how to write a play.

4. Why does Horatio hesitate to tell the story of Andrea's death in the Spanish court?
(a) He did not see the death happen.
(b) He says he cared so much about Andrea and telling the story will be painful.
(c) He doesn't believe that Andrea is dead.
(d) He says it is too violent for a woman's ears.

5. Who is the god of the dead?
(a) Proserpine.
(b) Mars.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the viceroy when he speaks with two warriors/courtiers in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. In the Spanish court, who pleads with Horatio to tell her more about the circumstances of Andrea's death, referring poetically to how much she loved him?

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

4. What does Lorenzo promise he will do while Balthazar distracts himself with sport and partying?

5. Why is Proserpine allowed to return to earth for six months of the year?

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