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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the women's attitudes toward the men in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The women are angry.
(b) The women are at their mercy.
(c) The women are falling helplessly in love.
(d) The women are in control.

2. What do Belvile and Frederic do as the action escalates in the garden?
(a) They attempt to defend Willmore.
(b) They get into a fight with the guards.
(c) They run after Florinda.
(d) They run away.

3. Angellica allows which man to come inside her house without charge, something she rarely does?
(a) Willmore.
(b) Blunt.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Antonio.

4. What does Blunt notice about Lucetta's home as he is led through it by Sancho in the second scene of Act 3?
(a) Her home is poorly decorated.
(b) Her home is richly decorated.
(c) Her home seems amiss.
(d) Her home is very dirty.

5. What is the important symbol that appears as the characters head to the carnival?
(a) The secret note.
(b) The mask.
(c) The rose.
(d) The rover.

6. How does Pedro react when he sees Willmore, Belvile, and Frederic in his garden?
(a) He calls his guards to attack the men.
(b) He punches Willmore in the face.
(c) He runs after Florinda.
(d) He draws his sword and fights Willmore.

7. Who is Frederic flirting with out on the street in front of Angellica's home?
(a) Frederic is flirting with Hellena.
(b) Frederic is flirting with Florinda.
(c) Frederic is flirting with Lucetta.
(d) Frederic is flirting with Valeria.

8. Which suitor does Florinda's brother Pedro hope she will marry?
(a) Ned Blunt.
(b) Don Antonio.
(c) Don Vicentio.
(d) Captain Belvile.

9. At the beginning of the play, who has been banished, penniless from his homeland?
(a) Don Antonio.
(b) Don Vicentio.
(c) Don Pedro.
(d) Captain Belvile.

10. What does Hellena intend to find at the carnival?
(a) A special cake.
(b) A good bargain.
(c) A locket.
(d) A lover.

11. What does Blunt try to take from Angellica's after the Englishmen chase off Antonio and his men?
(a) The small picture of Angellica.
(b) Angellica's money.
(c) The large picture of Angellica.
(d) Angellica's jewels.

12. What does Blunt dread the most about his unfortunate incident with Lucetta and her accomplices?
(a) He dreads having no money.
(b) He dreads his friends finding out.
(c) He dreads being hungry and poor.
(d) He dreads losing Lucetta.

13. Why do Lucetta, Sancho, and Phillippo feel safe from Blunt's retribution?
(a) They are safe because Blunt is a fool and a coward.
(b) They are safe because they wore disguises.
(c) They are safe because Blunt doesn't know Lucetta's name or where she lives.
(d) They are safe because they are leaving the country.

14. Who is Ned Blunt infatuated with?
(a) Valeria.
(b) Florinda.
(c) Angellica.
(d) Lucetta.

15. What kind of "mask" does Willmore show Angellica in their first meeting?
(a) The mask of the poor warrior.
(b) The mask of the truthful cusader.
(c) The mask of the kind brother.
(d) The mask of the rich soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florinda intend to do at the carnival?

2. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, how does Belvile know that it is not possible for Willmore to approach Angellica yet?

3. What does Hellena decide to do to Willmore to make him pay for his attention of another woman?

4. What does Florinda tell Belvile before she leaves the garden?

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

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