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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bartholo finally realize about "Alonzo?"
(a) He is not who he pretends to be.
(b) He is better than Bazile.
(c) He is in love with Rosine.
(d) He is not a very good music teacher.

2. What is Bartholo trying to understand about Rosine?
(a) Why she has refused to have any more lessons from Bazile.
(b) Why she no longer talks to him.
(c) Why she does not want to marry him.
(d) Why she has stopped singing.

3. Rosine comes in, refusing to take any more music lessons from anybody. Why does she quickly change her mind?
(a) When she sees "Alonzo" and instantly realizes who he is.
(b) She thinks that Bazile is coming.
(c) "Alonzo" is handsome.
(d) She assumes Bazile has quit.

4. Why does the Count say that he has authority?
(a) He is the Count.
(b) He has the most power.
(c) He is the preferred lover of Rosine.
(d) He has the most money.

5. With whom does Bartholo appear?
(a) His mother.
(b) Two mean dogs.
(c) Two police officers.
(d) Two large servants.

6. How does Bartholo know there is a plot afoot?
(a) Figaro does not have a niece.
(b) The Count is peering in the window.
(c) The notary seems nervous.
(d) Rosine is acting strange.

7. Who is Alonzo?
(a) Rosine's cousin.
(b) A student of Bazile, which is the Count's new disguise.
(c) Bartholo's nephew.
(d) Figaro's nephew.

8. Bartholo calls Figaro a knave. What is Figaro's response?
(a) Yes, he is a knave.
(b) What is a knave.
(c) No, my middle name is Dave, not knave.
(d) He is not a knave; he is a writer.

9. Why is there a lot of whispering back and forth between the characters?
(a) They do not know what to do with Bazile.
(b) They are trying to figure out how to escape.
(c) They all are trying to decide how to get rid of Bartholo.
(d) All trying for different reasons to convince Bazile to go along with the "Alonzo" story.

10. What does the Count reveal in an aside?
(a) He cannot decide whether it would be a better idea to keep the letter to himself, or follow through on the original plan and hand it over.
(b) He is not sure if he trusts Bartholo.
(c) He cannot decide if he should keep his disguise on or take it off.
(d) He is not sure if Rosine really loves him.

11. For what does Bartholo apologize?
(a) Sitting in on the lesson.
(b) Falling asleep.
(c) Not leaving them alone.
(d) Leaving them alone.

12. What does Figaro tell the Count to keep secret?
(a) His identity.
(b) That he no longer loves Rosine.
(c) His love for Rosine.
(d) His purpose in being there.

13. For what does Figaro say he has come?
(a) To give his servants a shave.
(b) To sing and play his guitar for Bartholo.
(c) To shave Bartholo as usual, nothing more.
(d) To save Rosine.

14. What does the notary do when Bartholo asks to see the contract?
(a) He tells Bartholo the wedding was illegal.
(b) He begins to cry.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He tells him everything is legal.

15. What does Bartholo tell Rosine the Count had told him?
(a) The Count never loved her and is not coming.
(b) The Count wrote her a love letter but Bartholo had destroyed it in a fit of rage.
(c) The Count showed the letter to another woman, and then told Bartholo the whole story in the hopes of getting Rosine away from the Count.
(d) The Count loves her desperately and will be there around midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bartholo say that confuses Bazile?

2. When Bartholo asks to see the letter, about what is "Alonzo" concerned?

3. Why does Bartholo tell "Alonzo" to speak loudly?

4. What does the Count confess?

5. In another aside, about what does the Count worry?

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