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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Florinda is in love with which of the following characters?
(a) Don Vencentio.
(b) Ned Blunt.
(c) Captain Belvile.
(d) Don Antonio.

2. What does Frederic tell Willmore is very dangerous as he goes into Angellica's house for the first time?
(a) To be with an angry courtesan.
(b) To anger Antonio.
(c) To pay a courtesan money.
(d) To anger Blunt.

3. What does Angellica reveal in an aside to the audience as Willmore attempts to seduce her?
(a) She is truly in love with Antonio.
(b) She despises Willmore.
(c) Willmore's words are moving her.
(d) She intends to rob Willmore.

4. How do the men of the family treat Hellena and Florinda?
(a) Like commodities to be owned and sold.
(b) Like slaves.
(c) Like spoiled brats.
(d) Like precious princesses.

5. Why is the playwright speaking in the prologue as a man?
(a) The play was written by a man.
(b) The audience is always just men.
(c) The audience prefers a male playwright over a female.
(d) The audience is deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rover contrasts what two things?

2. What are the women's attitudes toward the men in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What kind of costumes are Hellena and Florinda wearing to the carnival?

4. What does Angellica give to Willmore after Antonio and his men depart her house?

5. As Blunt walks away from the carnival to follow Lucetta, what do his friends comment about him?

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