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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Segismundo's guards wear?
(a) Black armor.
(b) Plumed hats.
(c) Hip-high boots.
(d) Masks.

3. Who is Segismundo's tutor.
(a) Clarin.
(b) Astolfo.
(c) Clotaldo.
(d) Basilio.

4. What does Astolfo hope to claim?
(a) The Duchy of Westminister.
(b) The throne to Poland.
(c) The sword of truth.
(d) The reward for killing the dragon.

5. What is Clotaldo's social status?
(a) He is a nobleman.
(b) A bonded servant.
(c) A tradesman.
(d) A serf.

6. What is Astolfo's suggestion to Estrella?
(a) That she is in love with Segismundo.
(b) That they marry.
(c) That she should become his mistress.
(d) That she go join a nunnery.

7. What is the current king of Poland re-considering?
(a) If Astolfo should marry.
(b) Whether he should allow Astolfo to retain his dukedom.
(c) Whether he should abdicate.
(d) Whether he will allow Segismundo to ascend the throne.

8. Who is the son of the current elderly king of Poland?
(a) Astolfo.
(b) Clarin.
(c) Basilio.
(d) Segismundo.

9. What does the person in question #10 declare after victory?
(a) Peace.
(b) The exectution of Basilio.
(c) The consolidation of Poland and Muscovy.
(d) A war to regain lost Polish lands.

10. What does Basilio do to Rosaura and Clarnn?
(a) Has them hanged.
(b) Embraces them as his cousins.
(c) Releases them.
(d) Sends them to the dungeon.

11. What does Basilio regret?
(a) Not satisfying Rosaura's honor.
(b) Allowing Clotaldo to tutor Segismundo all these years.
(c) Allowing Astolfo to marry Estrella.
(d) Having Segismundo for a son and letting him out of the prison.

12. How are Recisunda and Clorilene related?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Aunt and niece.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are not related.

13. Who was Clotaldo's long-ago sexual partner?
(a) Violante.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Anne.
(d) Clarnn.

14. What is Segismundo doing at this time?
(a) Sleeping with Clarnn.
(b) Flirting with Rosaura.
(c) In a deathlike sleep.
(d) Dueling with Astolfo.

15. If he is returned to the tower, what will Clotaldo tell him?
(a) That his father is the king and has rejected Segismundo.
(b) That he is a monster and will die the next day.
(c) That his experience in the palace was a dream.
(d) That his experience was real, but he behaved too badly to live out of the tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other relationship is probably similar to that between Astolfo and Rosaura?

2. How is Segismundo dressed?

3. What did Clotaldo leave with Violante?

4. By whom is Rosaura accompanied?

5. What is likely to be Segismundo's performance as a king?

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