1. Who is the title character in The Jew of Malta?
**Barabas**
2. What is Barabas' occupation?
**Merchant**
3. Where does the play take place?
**Malta**
4. Who does Ferneze force to convert to Christianity in the play?
**Jews**
5. Why does Ferneze force the Jews to convert?
**To pay tribute promised to the Turks**
6. What does Ferneze confiscate from Barabas when he refuses to convert?
**His wealth and properties**
7. Who does Barabas convince to help him get revenge on Ferneze?
**Ithamore**
8. What is Ithamore's occupation?
**Kitchen Boy**
9. How does Barabas get rid of a monastery full of monks?
**He convinces them to invest money then poisons their food**
10. Who does Barabas trick into marrying his daughter Abigail?
**Mathias**
11. How does Barabas kill his daughter Abigail after Mathias convinces her to convert?
**He has her poisoned**
12. Who does Barabas help elect as the new governor of Malta?
**Ferneze**
13. How does Barabas kill the new nuns at the nunnery?
**He traps them in a cave and starves them to death**
14. Why does Barabas decide to try and help the Turks invade Malta?
**For revenge on Ferneze**
15. How is Barabas finally killed?
**He is crushed in a vat of boiling oil**
16. Who reveals to Ferneze that Barabas was helping the Turks?
**Ithamore**
17. What does Ithamore do after revealing Barabas' betrayal?
**Kills himself**
18. In what year was The Jew of Malta believed to have been written?
**1589-1590**
19. Who authored The Jew of Malta?
**Christopher Marlowe**
20. What genre is The Jew of Malta?
**Tragedy**
21. What literary device is frequently used in the play?
**Soliloquies**
22. Where is Barabas' shop/warehouse located?
**Malta**
23. How does Barabas dispose of the dead body of the priests he poisons?
**He hangs their bodies outside his house, blaming Christians for their murder**
24. Who is Friar Jacomo?
**A monk Barabas poisons**
25. What does Barabas do with Friar Jacomo's body?
**Feeds it to the other monks**
26. What is Barabas' daughter's name?
**Abigail**
27. Who does Abigail end up marrying against her father's wishes?
**Lodowick**
28. How does Barabas kill Lodowick?
**Arranges for him to be hanged after drugging him**
29. Who accuses Barabas of being involved in Lodowick's murder?
**Mathias**
30. How does Barabas convince the nuns to enter the convent that he seals shut?
**Tells them it's a safe place from the plague**
31. What ruse does Barabas use to lure Abigail to her death?
**Tells her he has found her a husband as she wished**
32. What does Barabas feed to the poisoned Abigail?
**Confectioner pastries**
33. What does Barabas do with Abigail's body after poisoning her?
**Buries her in his garden**
34. Who does Barabas help become Governor of Malta to repay his earlier mistreatment?
**Ferneze**
35. How does Barabas convince the merchants to boycott Malta?
**Threatens to withhold rice and grain unless Ferneze is removed**
36. Who does Barabas employ as his assistant?
**Ithamore**
37. What task does Barabas order Ithamore to complete that results in his death?
**Kill the nuns trapped in the cave**
38. Who does Barabas convince to help the Turks with their invasion of Malta?
**Ferneze**
39. What wealthy family does Barabas fake his own death to deceive?
**The Governor's (Ferneze)**
40. How does Barabas trick Mathias into helping him?
**Promises him half of his wealth if he helps the Turks**
41. Where does Barabas hide out after faking his own death?
**His home**
42. How does Barabas communicate with Ithamore without being seen?
**Through a small window/grate above his house**
43. What are some of Barabas' character traits?
**Cunning, vengeful, remorseless, manipulative**
44. Who does Barabas ultimately betray to the authorities?
**Ithamore and the Turks**
45. What does Barabas do with the loot from betraying the Turks?
**Hides it under his house**
46. Who discovers Barabas' betrayal of the Turks?
**Ithamore**
47. How does Ithamore confront Barabas about his betrayal?
**Breaks into his house through the window**
48. What does Ithamore do after realizing Barabas' deception?
**Kills himself out of anger and shame**
49. Who does Ithamore reveal Barabas' betrayal to before dying?
**Ferneze**
50. How is Barabas finally captured?
**The authorities are led to his house by Ithamore**
51. What does Ferneze condemn Barabas to as punishment for his crimes?
**Being boiled to death in a cauldron of oil**
52. What does Barabas try to do when taken to the cauldron?
**Confess to clear his soul but is drowned out by Christian procession**
53. How does Barabas finally meet his death?
**Is lowered alive into the boiling oil cauldron and dies**
54. Which governor tricks Barabas into helping the Turks attack Malta?
**Ferneze**
55. Where do the Turks plan to attack Malta from?
**The harbour**
56. Which character does Barabas use to supply the Turks?
**Mathias**
57. How does Barabas convince Mathias to betray Malta?
**Promises him wealth and governorship**
58. Which theological debate does the play reflect?
**Protestant vs Catholic view of Jews**
59. What does Marlowe possibly use Barabas to symbolize?
**Corrupt commercialism/greed**
60. When was The Jew of Malta first performed?
**1589-1590**
61. In what English city was it believed to be first performed?
**London**
62. What famous playwright was Marlowe compared to as a dramatic talents?
**William Shakespeare**
63. What tragedy is Marlowe also famous for authoring?
**Doctor Faustus**
64. Which governor's wife does Abigail pretend to be in order to gain access to Lodovico?
**Ferneze's**
65. How does Barabas plan to kill Lodovico once he's wooed Abigail away?
**Has him hanged after getting him drunk**
66. Which Jewish Rabbi does Barabas approach for advice early in the play?
**Alcanor**
67. What religious conflict was occurring in England at the time the play was written?
**Reformation/Protestant vs Catholic tensions**
68. What are some derogatory terms used to refer to Jews in the play?
**Barabas is called a " circumcised dog" etc.**
69. Which character does Barabas convince to join his scheme by promising wealth?
**Ithamore**
70. How does Barabas fake being poor in order to ruin a merchant?
**Pretends to be destitute and gets alms, then prosecutes merchant for usury**
71. Who does Barabas send to ransom captured nuns from the Turks?
**Friar Jacomo**
72. Why do the merchants come to see Barabas at the start of the play?
**To ask him to pay the tribute demanded by Ferneze**
73. How does Barabas kill Friar Barnardine who comes to try and convert him?
**Poisons the wine he offers him**
74. Which character does Barabas use to help eliminate political opponents?
**Ithamore**
76. What does Barabas secretly do after telling Ferneze he will help eliminate the Turks?
**Warns the Turks of Ferneze's plan**
77. How does Barabas get introduced to Ithamore?
**Ithamore tries to rob his house**
78. Why does Mathias start to suspect Barabas?
**Learns that Barabas profited from those who died in acts of revenge**
79. Which character does Barabas dupe using his deception and trickery?
**Almost all the other characters**
80. Which religion do the majority of characters in the play besides Barabas follow?
**Catholicism**
81. How does Barabas repay Ferneze for previously taking all his wealth?
**Helps elect him as governor again**
82. Why is Barabas' role so central to the plot and action?
**His cunning schemes and acts of revenge drive the story**
83. What does Barabas promise Ithamore if he helps in his schemes?
**Gold and a governor's mansion**
84. Which historical event might have inspired the play's background of religious conflict?
**The expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492**
85. Where is Barabas' house located in Malta?
**Valletta**
86. Which characters does Barabas successfully turn against each other?
**Abigail and Mathias**
87. Which character serves as Barabas' right-hand man?
**Ithamore**
88. What does Barabas stuff the ransomed nuns' habit with instead of their bodies?
**Straw**
89. What ruse does Barabas use to gain access to Lodowick's room?
**Pretends to be a musician**
90. Where does Barabas' downfall truly start?
**When he betrays Ithamore**
91. For how much does Barabas originally offer to help the Turks invade Malta?
**10,000 ducats**
92. Which characters does Barabas order Ithamore to kill?
**The nuns trapped in the cave**
93. Which biblical figure is Barabas compared to in one soliloquy?
**The serpent tempting Eve**
94. Which profession does Barabas secretly practice in addition to merchandising?
**Usury/money lending**
95. How does Ferneze ultimately discover Barabas' treachery against Malta?
**Ithamore reveals it before dying**
96. What is one theme explored in the play?
**Religious intolerance and hypocrisy**
97. Which classic vices does Barabas often embody?
**Greed, avarice, pride, wrath**
98. Who plays the role ofBarabas' naive and abused daughter?
**Abigail**
99. How does Barabas finally meet his fate at the play's end?
**Boiled alive in oil**
100. Which character serves as the play's villainous protagonist?
**Barabas**
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