The Rover | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Prologue

1. The Rover was first performed on stage in what year?

2. What was unusual about the author of this play?

3. The Rover is considered to be what kind of play?

4. The Rover contrasts what two things?

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

6. Why is the playwright speaking in the prologue as a man?

7. The three couples in The Rover will struggle in what way?

8. Why doesn't the playwright want to say anything to welcome the audience?

9. What is the typical role of a woman at the time the play was written?

10. Many of the characters behave according...
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