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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Segismundo do to Clotaldo instead of the action suggested in question #119?
(a) Chains him in the prison in place of Segismundo.
(b) Dismisses him and sends him to serve Basilio.
(c) Hugs him and says he forgives him.
(d) Runs him through with a sword himself.

2. Up to this scene by whom has Segismundo been controlled?
(a) Clarnn.
(b) Clotaldo.
(c) Basilio.
(d) Astolfo.

3. What does Segismundo say when he awakes?
(a) Segismundo asks for his father, Basilio.
(b) He never wakes up; Clotaldo drugged him too deeply and he dies.
(c) Segismundo bemoans his unfortunate fate.
(d) Segismundo calls for his squire.

4. Who believes Clotaldo has played him for a fool?
(a) Basilio.
(b) Astolfo.
(c) Segismundo.
(d) Clarnn.

5. What does Segismundo decide after his conversation with Clotaldo and Clotaldo's advice about doing right in a dream?
(a) Segismundo will be the model prisoner in the hopes he will be released.
(b) Segismundo thinks it's too hard to expect him to do good when he feels so angry.
(c) Segismundo is determined to change his behavior to do right.
(d) Segismundo is going to kill those in his dream who crossed him.

6. What is Rosaura's response to Caltaldo's compromise?
(a) That she will kill the duke herself.
(b) That she will kill Caltaldo.
(c) That she will seduce Segismundo and have him save her honor.
(d) She says that Caltaldo is a coward.

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

8. Who is in the tower drugged?
(a) Segismundo.
(b) Estrella.
(c) Astolfo.
(d) Rosaura.

9. With what does the rebellion against the king begin?
(a) Freeing of all political prisoners.
(b) An act of mercy.
(c) No one is rebelling against the rightful king.
(d) A cheer and a toast.

10. What lesson does Clotaldo offer for what happens in Segismundo's "dream"?
(a) That a dream tells you who you really are.
(b) That dreams are reflections of real life.
(c) That Segismundo should not get so drunk that he dreams such nonsense.
(d) That even when something is a dream, you should still do the right thing in the dream.

11. Where does Astolfo go?
(a) To the tower to intercept and kill Segismundo.
(b) To his room to pack and flee the riots.
(c) To Estrella's room to offer her some romantic poetry.
(d) To the site of the military action.

12. Where is the setting when this scene opens?
(a) Great Britian.
(b) Muscovy.
(c) The palace.
(d) The prison tower.

13. For whom do they mistake Clarnn?
(a) Segismundo.
(b) Basilio.
(c) Estrella.
(d) Astolfo.

14. What is Caltaldo's final word on the subject?
(a) He will have the king try the Duke on charges of rape.
(b) He will ask Estrella to talk to the Duke.
(c) He will go talk to Volente to stop Rosaura.
(d) He will assist Rosaura.

15. Who is bemoaning his fate?
(a) Basilio.
(b) Segismundo.
(c) Clarnn.
(d) Clotaldo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who begs the king to intervene in the riots?

2. Who arrives on the scene?

3. Where do Basilio and Estrella go?

4. What percentage of the people of Poland desire Segismundo as their king?

5. Who in the play so far has the clearest grasp of what honor really entails?

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