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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the governor call on Imoinda in Act II, Scene III?
(a) To use her.
(b) To sleep with her.
(c) To sing songs for his guests.
(d) To dance for his guests.

2. What is Oroonoko's status?
(a) A prince's servant.
(b) A king.
(c) A prince.
(d) A normal man.

3. To whom is the line "My heart drops blood for him" referring in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Oroonoko.
(c) Captain.
(d) Welldon.

4. Whom does this line refer to: "Sir, You're a scurvy Fellow to talk at this rate to me" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Welldon.
(b) Governor.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Captain.

5. What is the setting of Act II, Scene I?
(a) The governor's house.
(b) Welldon's house.
(c) Widow Lackitt's house.
(d) The trading port.

6. What does Blanford understand about Oroonoko in the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Why he is so sad.
(b) Why he is so angry.
(c) Why he is so pitiful.
(d) Why he is distrustful of white men.

7. Whom do we learn is interested in marrying the widow near the end of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Stanmore.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Jack.

8. Who says Oroonoko will be treated nobly?
(a) Governor.
(b) Captain.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Stanmore.

9. Who is the first character we are introduced to in the beginning of the play?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Oroonoko.

10. Who is the governor's mistress?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Clemene.
(c) Welldon as a female.
(d) Widow Lackitt.

11. Who speaks the lines: "Captain, I'm afraid the world won't speak so honourably of this action of yours, as you wou'd have 'em" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Welldon.

12. For what purpose have Lucy and Welldon left their original home?
(a) To make a forture.
(b) To capture a slave.
(c) To trick old women.
(d) To husband hunt.

13. What is Daniel's response when Lucy asks him "Well, how do you like me now?" in Act II, Scene I?
(a) "You have bewitch'd me, I think.."
(b) "Why, pray, may I?"
(c) "...my Mother is always shaming one before company."
(d) "...how do you think I can go to bed to a Woman I don't know?

14. What does Welldon say he promised Lucy's dying father in Act II, Scene I to Widow Lackitt?
(a) To never marry anyone but Lucy.
(b) To not marry until Lucy was married.
(c) To only marry for love.
(d) To marry at the same time as Lucy.

15. In Act II, Scene III, who comes to attack the plantations near the end of the entertainment?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Pirates.
(c) Planters.
(d) Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?

2. Who says: "...but I won't lose her so" at the end of Act II, Scene III?

3. What is Daniel content with, regarding Lucy, near the end of Act II, Scene I?

4. Who is Daniel?

5. Why does the Lieutenant Governor summon Blanford and Oroonoko in Act II, Scene II?

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