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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. How is Segismundo dressed?
(a) Like a peasant.
(b) In monk's robes.
(c) In animal skins.
(d) In his princely outfit.

2. What does the character in the answer to #110 hear while complaining?
(a) The sound of Astolfo fighting with Duke Muscovy.
(b) Rosuara's voice.
(c) The sound of trumpets and drums.
(d) A mockingbird.

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

4. What is another thing that Segismundo demonstrates by allowing Caltaldo to leave?
(a) That Caltaldo isn't important to the storyline.
(b) That Segismund is catatonic.
(c) That he has mastered his emotions.
(d) That he wasn't really angry at Caltaldo.

5. How does Segismundo act about being in the tower and the palace scene being all a dream?
(a) Segismundo is not in the tower.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about Clotaldo's counsel to Segismundo?

2. What is likely to be Clotaldo's true feelings when he pronounces Astolfo as vile?

3. When Rosaura encounters Clotaldo, of what does she speak?

4. By allowing Caltaldo to leave, what does Segismundo demonstrate?

5. Segismundo's thinking about his "dream" and the new revelation it gives him about life, might be called what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think Estrella's motives are in urging the king to personally go quell the rioting?

2. How does Clotaldo's waffling about this issue demonstrate the extent of the patriarchal culture in which he lives?

3. Does the king deserve Clotaldo's loyalty?

4. What does Clotaldo reply when Segismundo bemoans his fate?

5. What does Clotaldo say to Rosaura and is this a reasonable response?

6. What is happening to Segismundo when this scene opens?

7. What transpires at the beginning of this scene?

8. Why is Clarnn cast into prison?

9. When this scene opens what is happening with Clarnn?

10. How do Clotaldo's actions in this scene give the audience a glimpse into a possible positive characteristic of the man?

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