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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Oroonoko's plan for the slaves at the beginning of Act III, Scene IV?
(a) To murder their masters.
(b) To steal a ship and sail away to Africa.
(c) To set fire to the plantation.
(d) To go to the beach and start a new colony.

2. Who is the Royal Slave whom Stanmore mentions near the end of Act II, Scene II?
(a) King of Angola.
(b) Oroonoko.
(c) Clemene.
(d) Imoinda.

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

4. What does Blanford assure Oroonoko about the Governor at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) That he will send him back to Africa.
(b) That he will be kind and fair.
(c) That he will free him for sure.
(d) That he will be cruel and treacherous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Oroonoko relate to Blanford in Act II, Scene II?

2. What is Lucy's reaction to marriage with the Captain?

3. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?

4. Whom does the widow first suggest that Lucy marry?

5. 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?

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