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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 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) Segismundo's inexperience in the world.
(c) Because Clotaldo has never lied to Segismundo before.
(d) That Clotaldo knocked Segismundo hard enough over the head to give him amnesia.

2. Of whom is Astolfo the son?
(a) Clotaldo.
(b) Basilio.
(c) Recisunda.
(d) Clorilene.

3. What does Rosaura reply to Clotaldo's question about the item in #26?
(a) Offers it to him in exchange for her safety.
(b) Offers to let him examine it.
(c) Tells him it was her father's.
(d) Refuses to answer him.

4. Who are meeting together when the scene opens?
(a) Segismundo and Basilio.
(b) Astolfo and Estrella.
(c) Clotaldo and Rosaura.
(d) Basilio and Clotaldo.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Clotaldo's long-ago sexual partner?

3. For whom do they mistake Clarnn?

4. What does Segismundo say when he awakes?

5. What might the idea of using a dream to convince Segismundo he has never left his cell be considered?

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