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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do we learn is interested in marrying the widow near the end of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Jack.
(d) Welldon.

2. What relationship are Lucy and Welldon pretending to have in the first scene of the play?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Friends.
(c) Siblings.
(d) Couple.

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 hitting him over the head and dragging him to the ship.
(d) By getting him drunk on his ship and putting him in shackles.

4. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?
(a) To beware treachery.
(b) To love Lucy well or he will be betrayed.
(c) To wait till he kills him.
(d) To live in fear.

5. Who says: "My heart drops blood for him" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Lucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who offers himself to Mrs. Lackitt in Act I, Scene II?

3. For what purpose have Lucy and Welldon left their original home?

4. To whom is "Why, a lusty young Fellow may happen to tempt you" being said in Act I, Scene I?

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

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