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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Oroonoko relate to Blanford in Act II, Scene II?
(a) HIs travels.
(b) His childhood.
(c) How he was captured.
(d) His wife's disappearance.

2. Who says Oroonoko will be treated nobly?
(a) Stanmore.
(b) Governor.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Captain.

3. How does the widow's response of "Is that all?" to the Welldon's promise to Lucy's dying father tell us about the widow in Act II, Scene I?
(a) She doesn't care.
(b) She does not think much of it.
(c) She chooses to ignore it.
(d) She thinks it is very serious.

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

5. What subject does the widow bring up with Welldon at the beginning of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Marriage to Jack.
(b) Marriage to him.
(c) Lucy's marriage to the Captain.
(d) Lucy's marriage to her son.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is "The Dog" that Oroonoko refers to at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?

4. Who leads a successful attack against the invaders at the end of the entertainment in Act II, Scene III?

5. What is the setting of the beginning of Act II, Scene III?

(see the answer key)

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