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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two characters discussing?
(a) The retirement of the king.
(b) The sad situation of Segismundo.
(c) The drought and ruined crops.
(d) The rebellious riots.

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

3. What characteristic of Rosaura's might prove a weakness?
(a) Her timidity.
(b) Her charisma.
(c) Her disloyalty.
(d) Her single mindedness.

4. Why is Clarnn a security threat to the kingdom?
(a) He is an accomplished assassin.
(b) He is a spy for the king of Great Britian.
(c) He knows the secret of the tower.
(d) He is actually an illegetimate son of Basilio.

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

6. Who comes in and speaks with Clotaldo?
(a) Clarnn.
(b) The Duke of Muscovy.
(c) Volente.
(d) Rosaura.

7. How does Clotaldo respond to Rosaura's rantings about Astolfo?
(a) Agrees she has a legitimate grievance.
(b) Tells her that most women get into the same sort of situation and don't feel the need to do something about it.
(c) Tells her to grow up and quit whining.
(d) Pretends he doesn't hear her.

8. 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) Runs him through with a sword himself.
(c) Dismisses him and sends him to serve Basilio.
(d) Hugs him and says he forgives him.

9. When Rosaura encounters Clotaldo, of what does she speak?
(a) Of how to get Clarnn out of the tower prison.
(b) How much she likes Estrella.
(c) Her mother's pending death.
(d) Her dishonor and hatred of Astolfo.

10. What did Basilio proclaim?
(a) That Segismundo was to be exiled.
(b) A day of fasting and repentance.
(c) That Clotolda was his heir apparent.
(d) That Astolfo and Estrella would marry and rule jointly.

11. Where does Segismundo go at the end of this scene?
(a) Off with the soldiers.
(b) To the palace.
(c) To Muscovy.
(d) Back into his cell.

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

13. Where does Caltaldo go at the end of this scene?
(a) To contront Astolfo.
(b) To his lawyer to change his will.
(c) To join with Segismundo's rebellious forces.
(d) To Basilio.

14. When Rosaura speaks at length about honor, how does Clotaldo respond?
(a) A banal trestise on the need for loyalty to one's superiors.
(b) He slaps Rosaura for being so pig-headed.
(c) He is confounded by her brilliance.
(d) Total agreement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Segusmundo command at the end of this scene?

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

3. How does Segismundo reply to Clotaldo's lesson?

4. How does Rosaura argue against Clotoldo's feeling of debt to Astolfo?

5. Who arrives on the scene?

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