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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Imoinda request that Oroonoko kill her in Act III, Scene II?
(a) She does not want to be a slave any longer.
(b) She does not want to be with Oroonoko any longer.
(c) She does not want to lie with the governor.
(d) She does not want her children born into slavery.

2. Who got rid of Oroonoko's wife?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. Who speaks the lines: "Captain, I'm afraid the world won't speak so honourably of this action of yours, as you wou'd have 'em" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) Welldon.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Blanford.

4. What does the widow tell the captain that she wants?
(a) A maid.
(b) A female slave.
(c) A male slave.
(d) A husband.

5. In Act II, Scene III, who comes to attack the plantations near the end of the entertainment?
(a) Pirates.
(b) Planters.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blanford vow to do?

2. Whom does the widow first suggest that Lucy marry?

3. How does the widow's response of "Is that all?" to the Welldon's promise to Lucy's dying father tell us about the widow in Act II, Scene I?

4. What is the setting of Act II, Scene I?

5. Whom does this line refer to: "Sir, You're a scurvy Fellow to talk at this rate to me" in Act I, Scene II?

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