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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 is Rosaura's response to Caltaldo's compromise?
(a) That she will kill Caltaldo.
(b) That she will kill the duke herself.
(c) She says that Caltaldo is a coward.
(d) That she will seduce Segismundo and have him save her honor.

2. What did Basilio proclaim?
(a) That Clotolda was his heir apparent.
(b) A day of fasting and repentance.
(c) That Astolfo and Estrella would marry and rule jointly.
(d) That Segismundo was to be exiled.

3. What two characters are talking together?
(a) Clotaldo and Basilio.
(b) Basilio and Astolfo.
(c) Clarnn and Rosaura.
(d) Estrella and Astrea.

4. Up to this scene by whom has Segismundo been controlled?
(a) Basilio.
(b) Clarnn.
(c) Clotaldo.
(d) Astolfo.

5. Why is Clarnn a security threat to the kingdom?
(a) He is an accomplished assassin.
(b) He is actually an illegetimate son of Basilio.
(c) He knows the secret of the tower.
(d) He is a spy for the king of Great Britian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the two characters discussing?

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

4. How did they get Segismundo back to his cell in the tower?

5. How does Rosaura argue against Clotoldo's feeling of debt to Astolfo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Clarnn cast into prison?

2. About what does Rosaura speak to Clotaldo?

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

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

5. Why has Clotaldo returned to the palace in such haste?

6. How does Segismundo respond to the soldiers' errand?

7. Does the king deserve Clotaldo's loyalty?

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

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

10. What does Segismundo do to Clotaldo?

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