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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. Who faces each off in a hallway in the palace?
(a) Clotaldo and Rosaura.
(b) Astolfo and Estrella.
(c) Rosaura and Clarnn.
(d) Basilio and Clotaldo.

2. What does Clotaldo not reveal at this point?
(a) That he is really Segismundo's father.
(b) That he is Rosaura's father.
(c) That he allowed Segismundo visitors regularly.
(d) That he knows the whereabouts of Segismundo's mother.

3. What will happen if Segismundo fails in the task set before him?
(a) Astolfo and Estrella will marry and jointly rule.
(b) He will be made a eunuch.
(c) He will be executed.
(d) He will be exiled.

4. What may be foreshadowed about Segismundo's future behavior in this scene?
(a) That he will act more honorably and humanely.
(b) That Clarnn will be hanged to silence him.
(c) That Segismundo will end up killing his father.
(d) That Astrea and Segismundo will marry.

5. What makes it possible for Clotaldo to convince Segismundo that the time in the palace was a dream?
(a) Because the fog is so bad, Segismundo can not see if there is actually a world outside the tower.
(b) Because Clotaldo has never lied to Segismundo before.
(c) That Clotaldo knocked Segismundo hard enough over the head to give him amnesia.
(d) Segismundo's inexperience in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Astolfo go?

2. Of whom is Estrella the daughter?

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

4. How are Recisunda and Clorilene related?

5. What is likely to happen given that the story is incomplete and the foreshadowing that has taken place up to this point?

(see the answer key)

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