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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose have Lucy and Welldon left their original home?
(a) To trick old women.
(b) To make a forture.
(c) To husband hunt.
(d) To capture a slave.

2. Whom do we learn owns several plantations in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Widow Lackitt.
(b) Welldon.
(c) Stanmore.
(d) Lucy.

3. Where is Lucy and Welldon's original home?
(a) Surinam.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Spain.

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

5. How does Welldon say he could cheat the widow?
(a) By having Lucy marry her son.
(b) By marrying her daughter.
(c) By striking a business deal with her.
(d) By marrying her for her money.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Oroonoko's status?

4. How long has Mrs. Lackitt been a widow?

5. Where have Lucy and Welldon moved to?

(see the answer key)

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