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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what is Rosine worrying, when she comes out of her room?
(a) The storm has scared her.
(b) Bartholo has not come to say good night.
(c) She heard a strange noise.
(d) It is past midnight and her lover still has not come.

2. Why does Bartholo tell "Alonzo" to speak loudly?
(a) There is a lot of noise in the house.
(b) "Alonzo" speaks so quietly.
(c) He is deaf in one ear.
(d) Bartholo wants the entire house to hear him.

3. What does the Count try to do, as Figaro and Bartholo argue?
(a) Kiss Rosine.
(b) Hide.
(c) Take Rosine away.
(d) Speak with Rosine.

4. How is a commedia and today's example similar?
(a) Both have central characters that generally behave the same way no matter the specifics of the story in which they are involved.
(b) Both have tragic endings.
(c) Both have music.
(d) Both have dramatic events.

5. What does Bartholo tell Rosine the Count had told him?
(a) The Count showed the letter to another woman, and then told Bartholo the whole story in the hopes of getting Rosine away from the Count.
(b) The Count loves her desperately and will be there around midnight.
(c) The Count never loved her and is not coming.
(d) The Count wrote her a love letter but Bartholo had destroyed it in a fit of rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Count "drunkenly" say is the only person in the house with whom he wants anything to do?

2. How does Figaro surprise Rosine?

3. Why is Count Almaviva disguised as a priest in a cloak and turned down hat?

4. Why does Figaro leave Madrid and cheerfully wander through Spain?

5. Who does Figaro say he was talking to on the street?

(see the answer key)

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