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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, First Scene (p. 340 - 346).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rosaura chase the person who is the answer to question #1?
(a) To hope he'll marry her.
(b) To kill him for revenge.
(c) To retrieve a locket.
(d) To find her kidnapped son.

2. How might Segismundo's behavior be characterized?
(a) Brutal.
(b) Obedient.
(c) Inane.
(d) Submissive.

3. By allowing Caltaldo to leave, what does Segismundo demonstrate?
(a) That he will do right now matter what.
(b) That he is probably going to have Caltaldo ambushed and killed.
(c) That he loves Caltaldo like a father.
(d) That he never was a bad person.

4. How does Segismundo respond to what Clotaldo tells him?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He is outraged and threatens to kill Clotaldo.
(c) He calls Clotaldo father and hugs him.
(d) He is delighted.

5. Segismundo's thinking about his "dream" and the new revelation it gives him about life, might be called what?
(a) Deus ex machina.
(b) An epiphany.
(c) A headache.
(d) The road not taken.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What in this scene is a possible theme of this work?

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

4. What is the current king of Poland re-considering?

5. Who else has been thrown into a cell in the tower?

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