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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosaura reveal?
(a) That she is married to Roberto de la Azzila.
(b) That she is a woman.
(c) That she is Clotaldo's daughter.
(d) That she is from Great Britain and not a subject of Poland.

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

3. Who is victorious in the battle for the throne?
(a) Segismundo.
(b) Basilio.
(c) Clarin.
(d) Astolfo.

4. What alias is Rosaura using?
(a) Asumpcion.
(b) Rosettra.
(c) Astrea.
(d) Rostrea.

5. What do Rosaura and her companion hear?
(a) The sound of a waterfall.
(b) A baby crying.
(c) Someone moaning and calling from nearby.
(d) A wolf's howl.

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

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

8. What do the guards do when they discover Rosaura and Clarnn?
(a) Offer them dinner.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Tell them to leave immediately.
(d) Take them prisoners.

9. Of what is Segismundo ignorant?
(a) The country in which he lives.
(b) His heritage.
(c) His mother's name.
(d) His name.

10. How serious is the dishonor which Astolfo has done to Rosaura?
(a) He turns out not to be the cause of her dishonor.
(b) Slight.
(c) Grave.
(d) He can easily pay out a few gold pieces to take care of it.

11. What does Basilio decide to do about Segismundo.
(a) Marry him to Clarnn.
(b) Give him one chance to redeem himself.
(c) Exile him to Russia.
(d) Have him executed.

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

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

14. Who might Astolfo marry?
(a) Clarina.
(b) Estrella.
(c) Rosaura.
(d) Elizabeth.

15. At what is Basilio very skilled?
(a) Waging war.
(b) Sword fighting.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Astronomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Segismundo's guards wear?

2. What is Clotaldo's response to Rosaura naming the person in #46 as the one who has wronged her?

3. Who does Clotaldo bring before Basilio?

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

5. How does Basilio likely feel about his treatment of Segismundo?

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