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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Segismundo decide after his conversation with Clotaldo and Clotaldo's advice about doing right in a dream?
(a) Segismundo thinks it's too hard to expect him to do good when he feels so angry.
(b) Segismundo is going to kill those in his dream who crossed him.
(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.

2. What is likely to happen given that the story is incomplete and the foreshadowing that has taken place up to this point?
(a) Segismundo will escape from the tower.
(b) Segismundo will marry Astrea.
(c) Segismundo will kill his father.
(d) Segismundo will commit suicide.

3. What is the dominant tension in this scene?
(a) Between Astolfo and Segismundo.
(b) Between Clarnn and the soldiers.
(c) There is no real tension in this scene.
(d) Between the "old" Segismundo and the "new" one.

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

5. What does Clotaldo say was all a dream?
(a) Being in the tower; the prince is in a castle and always has been.
(b) Segismundo murdering the servant.
(c) Rosuara and Clarnn coming to the tower.
(d) The palace, the women, and the prince's finery.

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

7. What does Clarnn fail to do?
(a) Protect himself from a sword thrust.
(b) Make the most of the mistake to get free.
(c) Arise for the King.
(d) Say he is Segismundo.

8. How does Clotoldo attempt to compromise with Rosaura?
(a) Tells her he will name her his heir.
(b) Tells her he'll find her a husband that won't care if she's a virgin.
(c) Tells her that if she doesn't stop talking about this situation, she'll have to return home.
(d) Offers her one thousand gold coins.

9. How could Segismundo's status be described at the end of this scene?
(a) As in rebellion.
(b) Stripped of his newly-acquired title.
(c) Exiled.
(d) Dubious.

10. What does Segismundo occasionally wonder about throughout the rest of the story?
(a) Whether he really did dream the experience.
(b) If Rosaura is in love with him.
(c) If his dream could be prophetic.
(d) If he should try to compensate the family of the servant he killed.

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

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

13. 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 a dream tells you who you really are.
(d) That dreams are reflections of real life.

14. How does Rosaura argue against Clotoldo's feeling of debt to Astolfo?
(a) That Astolfo's honor is based on lies and is therefore non-existant.
(b) That a man who is honorable would help any woman in distress.
(c) That because Astolfo does not remember saving Clotoldo, it doesn't matter.
(d) That Rosarua has guessed Clotoldo is her father and that supercedes any other obligation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be said of Rosaura by her statements at the end of this scene?

2. What are the two characters discussing?

3. Where does Caltaldo go at the end of this scene?

4. What does Basilio confide to Clotaldo?

5. How does Clotaldo respond to Rosaura's rantings about Astolfo?

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