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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom is Welldon speaking at the beginning of Act IV?
(a) Jack.
(b) Widow.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Stanmore.

3. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?
(a) By knocking him out and tying him up.
(b) By offering to trade the prince's life for his wife's.
(c) By getting him drunk on his ship and putting him in shackles.
(d) By hitting him over the head and dragging him to the ship.

4. What do the plantation owners want to do to Oroonoko in Act V, Scene II?
(a) Drown him.
(b) Hang him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Free him.

5. To whom does Welldon mention his sister to in Act I, Scene II in terms of marriage?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Captain.
(c) Jack.
(d) Stanmore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have Oroonoko and the slaves gathered in Act III, Scene IV?

2. In Act II, Scene III, who comes to attack the plantations near the end of the entertainment?

3. What does the line "I shou'd like mightily to be call'd Mrs. Welldon" foreshadow in Act I, Scene I?

4. What do Welldon and the widow agree upon in Act II, Scene I?

5. What does the governor request of Oroonoko in Scene IV, Act II?

(see the answer key)

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