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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the three couples at the center of the play?
(a) Two of the couples involve the same woman.
(b) Two of the couples involve the same man.
(c) They are children.
(d) They are all circus performers.

2. Florinda can't stand which of her possible suitors?
(a) Ned Blunt.
(b) Don Antonio.
(c) Don Vincentio.
(d) Captain Belvile.

3. The three couples in The Rover will struggle in what way?
(a) To move to America.
(b) To live the way they want instead of what society wants.
(c) To have children.
(d) To live well beyond their means.

4. The Rover is considered to be what kind of play?
(a) Situation comedy.
(b) Shakesperean.
(c) A Restoration Comedy.
(d) Sketch comedy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the play opens, who is about to go to a convent?

2. What is the important symbol that appears as the characters head to the carnival?

3. Florinda is in love with which of the following characters?

4. According to the playwright, the audience comes to see The Rover for what reason?

5. What are Frederic and Ned Blunt teasing Captain Belvile about in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

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