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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. Who believes Clotaldo has played him for a fool?
(a) Basilio.
(b) Segismundo.
(c) Clarnn.
(d) Astolfo.
2. Where do Basilio and Estrella go?
(a) To the battleground.
(b) To the palace gardens.
(c) To the tower.
(d) To Muscovy.
3. How is Segismundo dressed?
(a) In his princely outfit.
(b) Like a peasant.
(c) In monk's robes.
(d) In animal skins.
4. What does Segismundo say he ought to do to Clotaldo?
(a) Have him executed.
(b) Have him exiled.
(c) Have him proclaimed Lord Chancellor.
(d) Have him crowned as king.
5. What does Clotaldo do upon leaving the tower?
(a) Flees to Muscovy.
(b) Challenges Astolfo to a dual for Rosaura's honor.
(c) Flees to Basilio to inform him of the new developments.
(d) Kills himself.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Clarnn a security threat to the kingdom?
2. What does Segismundo decide after his conversation with Clotaldo and Clotaldo's advice about doing right in a dream?
3. When Rosaura encounters Clotaldo, of what does she speak?
4. What percentage of the people of Poland desire Segismundo as their king?
5. What is likely to happen given that the story is incomplete and the foreshadowing that has taken place up to this point?
Short Essay Questions
1. Does it seem likely that Segismundo would really believe Clotaldo when Clotaldo tells Segismundo he was just dreaming?
2. What does Clotaldo reply when Segismundo bemoans his fate?
3. How does Segismundo respond?
4. What does Segismundo do to Clotaldo?
5. What is one of the key ideas of the play that comes up in Act 2, Scene 2?
6. What is ironic about the ending of this scene?
7. 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.
8. When this scene opens what is happening with Clarnn?
9. Why is Clarnn cast into prison?
10. How does Clotaldo's waffling about this issue demonstrate the extent of the patriarchal culture in which he lives?
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