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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 the viceroy complain about as he enters the stage in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) His misery at Horatio's death.
(b) His misery at Balthazar's death.
(c) His glee at the victory of the war.
(d) His misery at the loss of the war.

2. What is the punishment that is meted out to Alexandro?
(a) He is to be beheaded.
(b) He is to be burned.
(c) He is to be shot.
(d) He is to be hanged.

3. Why does the viceroy order that Alexandro be brought to him in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) So Alexandro can be released.
(b) So Alexandro can be executed.
(c) So Alexandro can be questioned.
(d) So Alexandro can be rewarded.

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

5. Why does Balthazar come to visit Bel-Imperia in the Spanish court?
(a) To court her.
(b) To trick her.
(c) To reveal Andrea's guilt.
(d) To kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language do Hieronimo and Isabella speak a dirge as they carry Horatio's body away?

2. Who leads the procession that appears after the trumpet sounds in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Castile say about Bel-Imperia's feelings for Balthazar in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. How does the viceroy react when Alexandro protests his innocence?

5. At the end of Act 3, Scene 1, what are the fates of Villuppo and Alexandro?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hieronimo's soliloquy that he performs while reading from a book in Act 3, Scene 13.

2. When Isabella's thoughts return to the men who killed her son in Act 3, Scene 8, what does she do?

3. The viceroy rants to his courtiers about what in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Whom does Balthazar request for a companion as prisoner and why?

5. Describe why Hieronimo says Horatio was a good son.

6. To whom does Bel-Imperia find herself attracted after Andrea's death and why does she resolve to love him?

7. Describe Pedringano's involvement with the attack on Horatio.

8. After her encounter with Balthazar at the Spanish court, what does Bel-Imperia drop, who picks it up, and how is this significant?

9. As Balthazar and Lorenzo watch from a hiding place, how does Bel-Imperia respond to Horatio's question about why she is still upset and what is Balthazar's response?

10. What does the king tell the Portuguese ambassador about the marriage between Bel-Imperia and Balthazar and about them having a son?

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