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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is likely to happen given that the story is incomplete and the foreshadowing that has taken place up to this point?
(a) Segismundo will escape from the tower.
(b) Segismundo will commit suicide.
(c) Segismundo will marry Astrea.
(d) Segismundo will kill his father.

2. What does Clarnn fail to do?
(a) Say he is Segismundo.
(b) Protect himself from a sword thrust.
(c) Arise for the King.
(d) Make the most of the mistake to get free.

3. How does Clotaldo respond to Rosaura's rantings about Astolfo?
(a) Pretends he doesn't hear her.
(b) Tells her that most women get into the same sort of situation and don't feel the need to do something about it.
(c) Agrees she has a legitimate grievance.
(d) Tells her to grow up and quit whining.

4. What is Caltaldo's final word on the subject?
(a) He will ask Estrella to talk to the Duke.
(b) He will have the king try the Duke on charges of rape.
(c) He will assist Rosaura.
(d) He will go talk to Volente to stop Rosaura.

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

6. Who enters the prison tower?
(a) Basilio.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Astolfo.
(d) Rosuara.

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

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

9. What did Basilio proclaim?
(a) A day of fasting and repentance.
(b) That Clotolda was his heir apparent.
(c) That Astolfo and Estrella would marry and rule jointly.
(d) That Segismundo was to be exiled.

10. How does Segismundo reply to Clotaldo's lesson?
(a) Segismundo kills himself.
(b) Segismundo argues that Clotaldo is wrong.
(c) Segismundo accepts Clotaldo's counsel.
(d) Segismundo punches Clotaldo in the face.

11. What does Segismundo occasionally wonder about throughout the rest of the story?
(a) If his dream could be prophetic.
(b) If Rosaura is in love with him.
(c) Whether he really did dream the experience.
(d) If he should try to compensate the family of the servant he killed.

12. Who begs the king to intervene in the riots?
(a) Estrella.
(b) Volente.
(c) Clotaldo.
(d) Rosaura.

13. Who is bemoaning his fate?
(a) Basilio.
(b) Clarnn.
(c) Segismundo.
(d) Clotaldo.

14. Who else has been thrown into a cell in the tower?
(a) Astolfo.
(b) Four servants.
(c) Rosaura.
(d) Clarnn.

15. What characteristic of Rosaura's might prove a weakness?
(a) Her single mindedness.
(b) Her charisma.
(c) Her timidity.
(d) Her disloyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom do they mistake Clarnn?

2. To whom is Clotaldo ever loyal?

3. What is likely to be Clotaldo's true feelings when he pronounces Astolfo as vile?

4. How does Rosaura argue against Clotoldo's feeling of debt to Astolfo?

5. Who is in the tower drugged?

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