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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Second Scene (p. 346 - 351).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Segismundo act about being in the tower and the palace scene being all a dream?
(a) Angry.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Segismundo is not in the tower.
(d) Happy.

2. What does Clotaldo urge Rosaura to do?
(a) Drop the matter of her honor and go home.
(b) Secretly poison Astolfo.
(c) Use her sword and duel Astolfo herself.
(d) Seek a champion to duel Astolfo for her honor.

3. What lesson does Clotaldo offer for what happens in Segismundo's "dream"?
(a) That even when something is a dream, you should still do the right thing in the dream.
(b) That a dream tells you who you really are.
(c) That Segismundo should not get so drunk that he dreams such nonsense.
(d) That dreams are reflections of real life.

4. What does Segismundo say when he awakes?
(a) Segismundo calls for his squire.
(b) He never wakes up; Clotaldo drugged him too deeply and he dies.
(c) Segismundo bemoans his unfortunate fate.
(d) Segismundo asks for his father, Basilio.

5. How does Basilio likely feel about his treatment of Segismundo?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Wise.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Justified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Astolfo's suggestion to Estrella?

2. How did they get Segismundo back to his cell in the tower?

3. Who faces each off in a hallway in the palace?

4. Who in the play so far has the clearest grasp of what honor really entails?

5. Segismundo's thinking about his "dream" and the new revelation it gives him about life, might be called what?

(see the answer key)

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