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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the father of Chimene?
(a) The King.
(b) Don Gomes.
(c) Elvire.
(d) Don Sanche.

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, which character draws his sword?
(a) Don Sanche.
(b) Don Gomes.
(c) Don Rodrigue.
(d) Don Diegue.

3. In Act 1, Scene 4, which character speaks in soliloquy, a solo speech heard only by the audience?
(a) Don Gomes.
(b) Don Sanche.
(c) Don Diegue.
(d) Don Rodrigue.

4. As the play opens, who is considered likely to be offered the position of tutor to the King's son?
(a) Don Gomes.
(b) Don Sanche.
(c) Don Rodrigue.
(d) The Infanta.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, the Infanta sends a messenger to which other character?
(a) Don Rodrigue.
(b) Elvire.
(c) Chimene.
(d) Don Sanche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Infanta love?

2. What is the relationship between Don Diegue and Don Gomes?

3. Which description best fits Don Rodrigue?

4. Which characters enter first in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. In Act 1, Scene 6, which character's soliloquy is in rhyming verse, rather than the play's typical blank verse?

(see the answer key)

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