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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Daniel afraid of, regarding Lucy, near the end of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Providing for Lucy.
(b) Kissing Lucy.
(c) Being a husband.
(d) Marrying and sleeping with Lucy.

2. Why is Lucy's sister dressed as a man?
(a) To make proper claim to property.
(b) To find a husband for herself.
(c) To find a husband for Lucy.
(d) To entice women out of their wealth.

3. Who leads a successful attack against the invaders at the end of the entertainment in Act II, Scene III?
(a) Oroonoko.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Captain.
(d) Governor.

4. Who is the first speaker in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Widow.
(b) Governor.
(c) Captain.
(d) Blanford.

5. What is the true identity of the governor's mistress?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Clemene.
(c) Mrs. Lackitt.
(d) Imoinda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lucy and Welldon's original home?

2. Whom does the widow first suggest that Lucy marry?

3. Why is Oroonoko so elated at the end of Act II, Scene III?

4. Who got rid of Oroonoko's wife?

5. Who stands and stares at Oroonoko in Act I, Scene II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the two sisters living and how is this an advantage for them?

2. Describe the Captain's character in Act I, Scene II.

3. What does Blanford try to assure Oroonoko of in Act II, Scene II?

4. What do we learn about Oroonoko's past in Act II, Scene II?

5. Who speaks the line "hear you, but I can believe no more" in Act I, Scene II. What does it mean?

6. How does Blanford defend Clemene? What does this show us about him?

7. What do we understand of the relationship between Jack Stanmore and Widow Lackitt in Act I, Scene II?

8. In Act I, Scene I, what does Stanmore offer to Welldon and why?

9. At the beginning of Act I, Scene II, what are the Governor and Blanford discussing and what might this foreshadow?

10. Take the following line: "Were not you an ill-natur'd thing to boggle at a Promise? I cou'd break twenty for you" in Act II, Scene I. Who is speaking and to whom? What is it in reference to and what do these words tell us about the speaker?

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