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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. By allowing Caltaldo to leave, what does Segismundo demonstrate?
(a) That he is probably going to have Caltaldo ambushed and killed.
(b) That he loves Caltaldo like a father.
(c) That he never was a bad person.
(d) That he will do right now matter what.

2. Who begs the king to intervene in the riots?
(a) Estrella.
(b) Volente.
(c) Rosaura.
(d) Clotaldo.

3. What in this scene is a possible theme of this work?
(a) That life can be confounded by a dream.
(b) That beautiful women are so irrisitable, rape is acceptable.
(c) That a father can predict a son's future at the son's birth.
(d) That if you are too frustrated, you should just kill someone to solve the problem.

4. What is the setting at the opening of this act?
(a) In Muscovy.
(b) The prison tower.
(c) An Inn at the docks.
(d) The throne room.

5. What characteristic of Rosaura's might prove a weakness?
(a) Her charisma.
(b) Her single mindedness.
(c) Her disloyalty.
(d) Her timidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting at the opening of this scene?

2. Why is Clotaldo torn about helping Rosaura?

3. What does Basilio confide to Clotaldo?

4. What does Segismundo say he ought to do to Clotaldo?

5. What may be foreshadowed about Segismundo's future behavior in this scene?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Clarnn cast into prison?

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

4. Does it seem likely that Segismundo would really believe Clotaldo when Clotaldo tells Segismundo he was just dreaming?

5. How does Segismundo respond?

6. What does Segismundo do to Clotaldo?

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

8. Does the king deserve Clotaldo's loyalty?

9. What foreshadows a possible positive ending to what could be a bloody civil war?

10. What is ironic about the ending of this scene?

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