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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Figaro's comment regarding women being locked up?
(a) The desperation of women increases.
(b) The desperation of women decreases.
(c) The cleverness of women increases.
(d) The cleverness of women decreases.

2. How does Figaro tease Rosine?
(a) By calling her names.
(b) By tickling her.
(c) By not revealing the truth right away about in whom the man is interested.
(d) By telling her he has the perfect husband for her but not telling her who it is.

3. How is a commedia and today's example similar?
(a) Both have dramatic events.
(b) Both have music.
(c) Both have central characters that generally behave the same way no matter the specifics of the story in which they are involved.
(d) Both have tragic endings.

4. What do the Count and Figaro discover about the song?
(a) It is actually a letter.
(b) It is a note to Bartholo.
(c) It is beautiful.
(d) It is actually a poem.

5. What has taught Figaro to be so positive.?
(a) Prayer.
(b) His life experiences.
(c) He forced himself to laugh out of being afraid that he would cry.
(d) His mother was always a positive woman.

6. How does Bartholo enter?
(a) He crawls in.
(b) He creeps in.
(c) He walks in.
(d) He storms in.

7. Why can Figaro easily gain access to Bartholo's house?
(a) He is Bartholo's cousin.
(b) He is Bartholo's brother.
(c) He is Bartholo's servant.
(d) He is Bartholo's barber.

8. What does Bazile tell Bartholo to start?
(a) Beating up the Count.
(b) Notifying the national authorities.
(c) A nasty, slanderous rumor about the Count.
(d) Calling the police.

9. What does Rosine do with the song?
(a) She throws it in the fire.
(b) She drops it out the window.
(c) She tears it up.
(d) She gives it to Bartholo.

10. Of what does Figaro remind the Count?
(a) The letter asked him to write her a sonnet.
(b) The letter asked him to hear her sing.
(c) The letter asked him to play her a song.
(d) The letter asked him to sing.

11. What happens when Bartholo leaves the room?
(a) The Count leaves.
(b) The Count and Rosine are left alone to flirt with each other.
(c) The Count saves Rosine.
(d) The Count tells Rosine he will come for her at midnight.

12. Rosine wonders whether Bartholo thinks she would not be able to resist even the attractions of a servant like Figaro, which leads Bartholo to make what suggestion?
(a) Women never love men.
(b) Men never truly love women.
(c) Men can find any woman attractive.
(d) Women can find any man attractive.

13. Why does the Count recognize Figaro?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) Figaro was once in the Count's service.
(c) Figaro lived next door to him.
(d) Figaro was once his tutor.

14. To what does Rosine's letter refer?
(a) Bartholo's obsessive behavior.
(b) The Count's obsessive behavior.
(c) The Count's devotion.
(d) Bartholo's devotion.

15. What does Figaro offer the Count?
(a) His services in any capacity.
(b) A song to sing to his love.
(c) A poem for his maiden.
(d) A violin to play sweetly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does this story take place?

2. For what does the Count long?

3. What does the Count vow to do?

4. Figaro sees her point, and suggests that Rosine do what?

5. What does the Count say about Bartholo's skills as a doctor?

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