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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. To whom is Clotaldo ever loyal?
(a) Astolfo.
(b) Rosaura.
(c) Segismundo.
(d) Basilio.
2. What does Basilio confide to Clotaldo?
(a) That Basilio is naming Estrella as his successor.
(b) That his recent escapade was probably all an error.
(c) That Basiolio is naming Astolfo as his successor.
(d) That Clotaldo is really Basilio's illegitimate son and should be king.
3. Where is the setting when this scene opens?
(a) Muscovy.
(b) The prison tower.
(c) The palace.
(d) Great Britian.
4. Who is in the tower drugged?
(a) Estrella.
(b) Astolfo.
(c) Rosaura.
(d) Segismundo.
5. How does Segismundo act about being in the tower and the palace scene being all a dream?
(a) Happy.
(b) Segismundo is not in the tower.
(c) Angry.
(d) Resigned.
Short Answer Questions
1. With what does the rebellion against the king begin?
2. What could be said of Rosaura by her statements at the end of this scene?
3. What does Segismundo decide after his conversation with Clotaldo and Clotaldo's advice about doing right in a dream?
4. What does Segismundo say he ought to do to Clotaldo?
5. What did Basilio proclaim?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is happening to Segismundo when this scene opens?
2. What is ironic about the ending of this scene?
3. About what does Rosaura speak to Clotaldo?
4. What transpires at the beginning of this scene?
5. Does it seem odd that Clarnn is cast into prison even though several servants assisted the process of getting Segismundo back to the prison tower?
6. What foreshadows a possible positive ending to what could be a bloody civil war?
7. Why is Clarnn cast into prison?
8. How does Clotaldo's waffling about this issue demonstrate the extent of the patriarchal culture in which he lives?
9. Perhaps the most logical of all the character's words and actions takes place now as Rosaura rebuts Clotaldo's claiming honor as a reason he cannot harm Astolfo. What is Rosaura's rationale as to why Clotoldo can honorably help her.
10. How does Segismundo respond to the idea that the right thing should be done even if one is dreaming?
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