The Duchess of Malfi Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Duchess of Malfi? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When the Duchess explains to an enraged Ferdinand that it's okay that she's had a child because she's also gotten married, how does he react?


He's mollified for the moment; but is angry again once he finds out that Antonio's her husband
He demands that she divorce her husband and marry the man of his choosing, Count Malateste
He's still totally furious
Delighted, he throws her a belated baby shower
Q. Having witnessed the Duchess's secret marriage, what does Cariola think of the whole situation?


She's really worried—she thinks this whole idea is crazy
She's down with the Duchess remarrying, but doesn't trust Antonio
Inspired, she goes off and marries the Antonio of her own dreams, Antonio Banderas
She's happy for them, and supports the Duchess's decision
Q. Why does the Duchess have to woo Antonio herself?


He's just not that into her
As a commoner, he would never presume to court his aristocratic mistress
Ferdinand and the Cardinal forbade him from courting her
He thinks she's engaged to someone her brothers chose for her
Q. Bosola definitively agrees to be Ferdinand's spy when he finds out that Ferdinand has given him what?


Gold
Front row seats at the upcoming Celine Dion concert
Pardon for the murders he committed for the Cardinal
The position of provisor of the horse
Q. Bosola decides that Fate is agnostic towards humanity's lot ("we are the stars' tennis balls") when what happens?


He sees the Duchess revive for a moment, only to finally die a moment later
The Rangers lose, again
Julia is murdered by the Cardinal for trying to get information for Bosola
He accidentally kills Antonio