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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Count resolved to do?
(a) Tell her who he is.
(b) Keep his real identity a secret.
(c) Sing for Rosine.
(d) Kill the music teacher.

2. What story has Bartholo spread around to keep potential lovers away?
(a) That he and Rosine are married.
(b) That she is very young.
(c) That she is a widow.
(d) That she is mentally unstable.

3. How does Rosine describe Figaro?
(a) As her best friend.
(b) As a strange fellow.
(c) As a good fellow.
(d) As a sneaky fellow.

4. Why is the Count unable to hand Rosine the real love letter?
(a) Bartholo has already stolen it.
(b) He never wrote one.
(c) Bartholo comes back too soon.
(d) He has lost it.

5. Where does this story take place?
(a) Madrid, Spain.
(b) Seville, Spain.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what is the Count's song?

2. On what does the Count romantically comment?

3. What does Figaro promise to do?

4. Why are Bartholo's servants not very helpful?

5. Why does Figaro lend the Count his guitar, telling him to sing anything that comes into his mind?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rosine do after the Count has sung and played the guitar for awhile? Why does she do this?

2. Why is the Count surprised to see Figaro? What is Figaro's response to the Count's questioning? What might be the significance of Figaro being a barber?

3. How do you know that Rosine is cunning and intelligent?

4. Although Rosine is under the legal marrying age, why does the Count say the marriage is legitimate? What does this say about the wealthy at the time the play was written and about the playwright's opinion of the wealthy?

5. How does the notary respond to the Count's new plan? Why does he seem so complacent?

6. After Figaro tells his story, how does this first part of Act 1 end? How might Figaro's attitude help the Count?

7. Bartholo realizes "Alonzo" is not who he says he is, and "Alonzo" pretends to get upset, what does Rosine do? Do you believe this will happen?

8. Why do the servants say that they did not stop Figaro from coming in? How will Bartholo treat Figaro from now on? Why?

9. Who does Figaro tell "Lindor" is? Why does he say this?

10. How does the scene open? Why is the Count dressed in a disguise?

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