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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. What two characters are talking together?
(a) Clotaldo and Basilio.
(b) Estrella and Astrea.
(c) Basilio and Astolfo.
(d) Clarnn and Rosaura.

2. Where do Basilio and Estrella go?
(a) To the tower.
(b) To the palace gardens.
(c) To the battleground.
(d) To Muscovy.

3. 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 asks for his father, Basilio.
(d) Segismundo bemoans his unfortunate fate.

4. Who is the man who has dishonored Rosaura?
(a) Astolfo.
(b) Basilio.
(c) Segismundo.
(d) No one.

5. What in this scene is a possible theme of this work?
(a) That life can be confounded by a dream.
(b) That beautiful women are so irrisitable, rape is acceptable.
(c) That if you are too frustrated, you should just kill someone to solve the problem.
(d) That a father can predict a son's future at the son's birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosaura claim that Astolfo did to her?

2. What does Clotaldo tell the king?

3. What is a possible word to describe the elderly king of Poland's plan about Segismundo.

4. Who is probably relieved that Segismundo has been returned to the tower in disgrace?

5. What is Caltaldo's final word on the subject?

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