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

2. Chimene speaks of grieving not just for her father, but also for which other character?
(a) The Infanta.
(b) Don Rodrigue.
(c) Don Diegue.
(d) Don Sanche.

3. In Act 2, Scene 2, which character is challenged to a duel?
(a) Don Rodrigue.
(b) The King.
(c) Don Diegue.
(d) Don Gomes.

4. 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 Sanche.
(c) Don Rodrigue.
(d) Don Gomes.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, Don Gomes says he can still live, even if which of the following occurs?
(a) If he is reduced to poverty.
(b) If he is disabled in battle.
(c) If he is denied the tutoring position.
(d) If he is dishonored.

Short Answer Questions

1. The King is trying to make peace between which two characters?

2. Chimene's father agrees with her choice of suitor because he possesses which quality?

3. Why does the King not want to announce the impending invasion?

4. Who does Chimene ask the King to punish, to avenge the death of her father?

5. In Act 2, Scene 6, the King complains of whose arrogance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare the actions of the Infanta with the actions of Chimene, in terms of honor. How do their actions reveal their differences?

2. When Chimene learns that Don Rodrigue is in fact alive, what does she request? What arrangements are eventually made, by the end of Act 4, Scene 5?

3. In Act 3, Scene 4, Chimene and Don Rodrigue both say that, without honor, they are not worthy of each other's love. However, if they each act as honor dictates, they must be enemies. How does a duel between Don Rodrigue and Don Sanche resolve this problem?

4. What arguments does Chimene make, against Don Rodrigue purposely losing in the duel against Don Sanche?

5. Why is Don Rodrigue remorseful, even though he wins the duel against Don Gomes?

6. Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2, contain all dialogue and no action. What is the dramatic purpose of these scenes?

7. What is the final outcome of the play, regarding the future of Don Rodrigue and Chimene, along with the Infanta? How does this ending reinforce the main theme of the play?

8. Why is it ironic that Don Gomes admires Don Rodrigue's sense of honor?

9. Describe Don Diegue's defense of his son, Don Rodrigue, in Act 2, Scene 8?

10. In Act 2, Scene 5, do the Infanta's words indicate a greater concern for honor or for love?

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