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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Lieutenant Governor summon Blanford and Oroonoko in Act II, Scene II?
(a) He wants Oroonoko to entertain him.
(b) He wants Oroonoko's opinion of his mistress.
(c) He wants Oroonoko to do some work for him.
(d) He wants Oroonoko's opinion on politics.

2. What argument finally convinced Oroonoko to drop his sword at the end of Act IV, Scene II?
(a) That he is a husband.
(b) That he is a prince.
(c) That he is about to be a father.
(d) That he is a father.

3. Who is the first speaker in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Widow.
(b) Captain.
(c) Governor.
(d) Blanford.

4. At the beginning of Act V, Scene II, what is Blanford attempting to do?
(a) Change the governor's mind about his own fate.
(b) Chante the governor's mind about Aboan's fate.
(c) Change the governor's mind about Oroonoko's fate.
(d) Change th governor's mind about Imoinda's fate.

5. Who takes Imoinda's life?
(a) Aboan.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Oroonoko.
(d) Imoinda herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Blanford and the others leave Oroonoko alone, what is the final passage at the end of Act V, Scene III called?

2. What relationship are Lucy and Welldon pretending to have in the first scene of the play?

3. Oroonoko says "I must Capitulate?" in Act IV, Scene II. What does "capitulate" mean?

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

5. What does Welldon say to the widow's first suggestion of a husband for Lucy?

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