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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 2, Scene 3, who comforts Chimene?
(a) Leonor.
(b) Elvire.
(c) Don Gomes.
(d) The Infanta.

2. Which two characters agree that love has the power to transcend sense?
(a) The Infanta and Chimene.
(b) The Infanta and Leonor.
(c) Leonor and Elvire.
(d) Chimene and Leonor.

3. In Act 3, Scene 1, which characters go into hiding?
(a) Elvire, Don Rodrigue, and Don Sanche.
(b) Chimene and Elvire.
(c) Elvire and Don Sanche.
(d) Elvire and Don Rodrigue.

4. Who says that all the Prince needs to do to learn to be a good warrior is study his record?
(a) Don Gomes.
(b) The King.
(c) Don Diegue.
(d) Don Rodrigue.

5. Which characters enter first in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Infanta and Leonor.
(b) Chimene and Leonor.
(c) Chimene and Elvire.
(d) The Infanta and Chimene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has no fear of the King's punishment?

2. Who prays for finding joy in the happiness of others?

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

4. Who does Chimene love?

5. The Infanta encourages a relationship between which two characters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the emotions in Don Rodrigue's soliloquy.

2. 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?

3. In Act 2, Scene 3, the Infanta devises a way to skirt the issue of honor for Don Rodrigue, and to keep him safe. What is this plan? Why does Chimene agree to the plan?

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

5. In Act 2, Scene 2, what does Don Rodrigue do, and is this action based on honor or love?

6. Act 1, Scene 3 includes obstacles to which two future events Chimene and Elvire anticipate in Scene 1?

7. How does the Infanta respond to Chimene's renewed desire for vengeance?

8. What function does Leonor serve in Act 2, Scene 5?

9. The Infanta, in her soliloquy, says that love outlasts and transcends hate. This goes against the logic of most characters throughout the play, who act more out of hate (in the name of honor) than out of love. How does this soliloquy reinforce the main theme of the play?

10. Is the King's reaction to the dispute between Don Diegue and Don Gomes influenced by the impending invasion? Why or why not?

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