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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 6, what does the King do immediately, to protect the kingdom from the potential invasion?
(a) Evacuate the castle.
(b) Fortify the castle.
(c) Send Don Rodrigue to scout for information.
(d) Post a small additional guard.

2. In Act 1, Scene 1, who tells Chimene that her father is in favor of a marriage between Chimene and the man she loves?
(a) Don Rodrigue.
(b) Elvire.
(c) The Infanta.
(d) Don Gomes.

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

4. Who does Chimene love?
(a) Don Gomes.
(b) Don Sanche.
(c) The King.
(d) Don Rodrigue.

5. What is the physical disability suffered by Don Diegue?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He has a useless arm.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He has a useless leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 3, which two characters argue about the King's choice of tutor?

2. In Act 2, Scene 6, what advice does Don Sanche give the King?

3. The King chooses which sort of person to tutor his son?

4. In Act 3, Scene 4, Don Rodrigue says he doesn't deserve Chimene's love if he doesn't have what?

5. What does Chimene worry destroys her family's reputation?

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. Although Chimene loves Don Rodrigue, in Act 2, Scene 8 she begs the King to punish him for killing her father. Detail her arguments.

3. Why does Don Gomes believe he is the best choice of tutor for the King's son?

4. In Act 2, Scene 5, how does the Infanta's fantasy foreshadow future events in the play?

5. Why does the Infanta say that the wedding of Chimene and Don Rodrigue simultaneously means death and life to her?

6. Describe the internal conflict described in soliloquy by Don Rodrigue, in Act 1, Scene 6.

7. How does Chimene respond to the offer made by Don Sanche? What does this response reveal about her character?

8. In Act 2, Scene 7, when the King learns of the death of Don Gomes, he says that justice is served. Why does he say this?

9. In Act 2, Scene 3, what is the Infanta's advice to Chimene? Is this advice inspired by her sense of honor?

10. 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?

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