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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the second act opens, the King is angry with which character?
(a) Don Rodrigue.
(b) Don Gomes.
(c) His son.
(d) Don Arias.

2. Which character fears that great sorrow follows great joy?
(a) Elvire.
(b) Chimene.
(c) Leonor.
(d) The Infanta.

3. In Act 1, Scene 6, which character's soliloquy is in rhyming verse, rather than the play's typical blank verse?
(a) Don Diegue.
(b) Don Gomes.
(c) Don Sanche.
(d) Don Rodrigue.

4. Why does the Infanta try to forget the man she loves?
(a) His social status is too high.
(b) He is a married man.
(c) His social status is too low.
(d) He is in love with Leonor.

5. Who says, sarcastically, that the Prince cannot have a better tutor?
(a) Don Diegue.
(b) Don Gomes.
(c) The King.
(d) Don Rodrigue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of Don Arias?

2. In Act 2, Scene 2, Don Rodrigue mocks Don Gomes for what?

3. In Act 1, Scenes 5 and 6, which character must choose between love and honor?

4. In Act 2, Scene 2, who challenges another character to a duel?

5. In Act 2, Scene 2, Don Rodrigue is motivated by which emotion?

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