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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the mountainous Polish countryside partially obscure?
(a) An army coming through the pass.
(b) A valley of plenty.
(c) Segismundo's army on the slopes.
(d) A tower.

2. Where does Act 1, Second Scene take place?
(a) In the tower.
(b) In an inn in Warsaw.
(c) A hallway in the Royal palace.
(d) At Clotaldo's home.

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

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

5. Who are meeting together when the scene opens?
(a) Segismundo and Basilio.
(b) Basilio and Clotaldo.
(c) Clotaldo and Rosaura.
(d) Astolfo and Estrella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rosaura and her companion hear?

2. Who is Rosaura serving as a lady-in-waiting?

3. What does Rosaura reply to Clotaldo's question about the item in #26?

4. How are Recisunda and Clorilene related?

5. What does Clotaldo not reveal at this point?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Basilio's decision regarding who the heir is to the throne?

2. What does it say about the status of women in this country by the mission on which Rosaura is embarked?

3. How do Estrella and Astolfo act when the Basilio appears?

4. Why do you think it is important to Rosaura to retrieve her locket?

5. Because of some "portent" Basilio reads in the stars at his son's birth, he locks up his son, Segismundo, while still a baby and is determine to keep him confined for the rest of Segismundo's life. Is this a wise decision?

6. What is Estrella's response to Astolfo's protestations of love and desire for marriage?

7. What are some of the ways Segismundo demonstrates his unsuitability for the throne?

8. Who has overheard Segismundo and what does this person do upon hearing Segismundo threaten murder?

9. Why does Basilio want to abdicate his throne?

10. What does Segismundo do upon hearing Rosaura's pleas for mercy?

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