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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lucy exit in Act I, Scene I?
(a) So that Welldon can figure out how to dupe Widow Lackitt.
(b) So that Widow Lackitt can try to seduce Welldon.
(c) So that Welldon and Widow Lackitt may be alone to get to know one another.
(d) So that Welldon and Widow Lackitt may talk business.

2. What is Lucy's reaction to marriage with the Captain?
(a) She refuses.
(b) She is nonchalant.
(c) She is hesitant.
(d) She accepts.

3. What does Blanford vow to do?
(a) Serve Oroonoko.
(b) Serve Welldon.
(c) Serve the Captain.
(d) Serve the Governor.

4. Whom does this line refer to: "Sir, You're a scurvy Fellow to talk at this rate to me" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) Welldon.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Captain.

5. With whom is the governor in love with?
(a) Welldon's female self.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Widow Lackitt.
(d) His slave, Clemene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks the line "I am a better Christian, I thank you, than to keep it with a Heathen" in Act I, Scene II?

2. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?

3. Whom do we learn is interested in marrying the widow near the end of Act I, Scene I?

4. Who is the first character we are introduced to in the beginning of the play?

5. What does the widow tell the captain that she wants?

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