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

2. From where has Rosaura traveled?
(a) India.
(b) Muscovy.
(c) Great Britian.
(d) Moscow.

3. Who is the son of the current elderly king of Poland?
(a) Clarin.
(b) Basilio.
(c) Segismundo.
(d) Astolfo.

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

5. How might Segismundo's behavior be characterized?
(a) Inane.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Obedient.
(d) Brutal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosaura reveal?

2. Why does Rosaura chase the person who is the answer to question #1?

3. What has Clotaldo concocted?

4. What do the mountainous Polish countryside partially obscure?

5. Who does Rosaura pursue to Poland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Basilio's response to hearing about why Rosaura and Clarnn are brought before him in chains?

2. What happens when Clotaldo spies the sword which Rosaura is wearing?

3. How likely is it that Segismundo could assume the throne and be a good, wise ruler?

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

5. Do you believe Rosaura should demand justice from the man who essentially rules the Dukedom in which she lives, or should she chalk the situation up to experience and get on with her life, as is later suggested by Caltalfo.

6. Are Segismundo's actions surprising?

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

8. 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?

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

10. Briefly summarize Rosaura's actions after this pardon and Clotaldo's response.

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