Life Is a Dream Test | Final Test - Easy

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Life Is a Dream Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the setting when this scene opens?
(a) Muscovy.
(b) Great Britian.
(c) The palace.
(d) The prison tower.

2. What two characters are talking together?
(a) Clotaldo and Basilio.
(b) Basilio and Astolfo.
(c) Clarnn and Rosaura.
(d) Estrella and Astrea.

3. Who in the play so far has the clearest grasp of what honor really entails?
(a) Segismundo.
(b) Astolfo.
(c) Rosaura.
(d) Clotaldo.

4. What seems to be a predominant characteristic of Clotaldo?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Simple-minded.
(c) Decisive.
(d) Indecision.

5. What does Segismundo say when he awakes?
(a) Segismundo bemoans his unfortunate fate.
(b) Segismundo calls for his squire.
(c) Segismundo asks for his father, Basilio.
(d) He never wakes up; Clotaldo drugged him too deeply and he dies.

6. How did they get Segismundo back to his cell in the tower?
(a) Servants and Clarnn carried him.
(b) Segismundo is still at the castle and merely dreaming that he is back in his cell.
(c) They forced him at swordpoint to walk back.
(d) They put him in the king's carriage.

7. What does Segismundo do to Clotaldo instead of the action suggested in question #119?
(a) Chains him in the prison in place of Segismundo.
(b) Dismisses him and sends him to serve Basilio.
(c) Runs him through with a sword himself.
(d) Hugs him and says he forgives him.

8. How does Segismundo handle being addressed as Prince?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is haughty.
(c) He calls them liars and demands they leave.
(d) He faints.

9. What is the setting at the opening of this act?
(a) The throne room.
(b) The prison tower.
(c) An Inn at the docks.
(d) In Muscovy.

10. Segismundo's thinking about his "dream" and the new revelation it gives him about life, might be called what?
(a) Deus ex machina.
(b) An epiphany.
(c) The road not taken.
(d) A headache.

11. What might the idea of using a dream to convince Segismundo he has never left his cell be considered?
(a) A fairly logical explanation.
(b) Segismundo really isn't convinced.
(c) A plot contrivance.
(d) A lack of imagination.

12. How does Basilio visit Segismundo?
(a) In disguise.
(b) He does not visit Segismundo; he never wants to see him again.
(c) He visits him with his most trusted advisers.
(d) He has Segismundo secretly brought back to the palace and visits him in the Prince's quarters.

13. How is Segismundo dressed?
(a) In animal skins.
(b) In monk's robes.
(c) In his princely outfit.
(d) Like a peasant.

14. Where do Basilio and Estrella go?
(a) To the battleground.
(b) To the tower.
(c) To the palace gardens.
(d) To Muscovy.

15. How does Rosaura argue against Clotoldo's feeling of debt to Astolfo?
(a) That because Astolfo does not remember saving Clotoldo, it doesn't matter.
(b) That Rosarua has guessed Clotoldo is her father and that supercedes any other obligation.
(c) That a man who is honorable would help any woman in distress.
(d) That Astolfo's honor is based on lies and is therefore non-existant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is bemoaning his fate?

2. With what does the rebellion against the king begin?

3. What are the two characters discussing?

4. How could Segismundo's status be described at the end of this scene?

5. Who begs the king to intervene in the riots?

(see the answer keys)

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