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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?
(a) By getting him drunk on his ship and putting him in shackles.
(b) By offering to trade the prince's life for his wife's.
(c) By knocking him out and tying him up.
(d) By hitting him over the head and dragging him to the ship.

2. To whom is "Why, a lusty young Fellow may happen to tempt you" being said in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Widow Lackitt.
(b) Welldon.
(c) Stanmore.
(d) Lucy.

3. Which slave says that he belonged to Oroonoko?
(a) Hottman.
(b) Aboan.
(c) Slave One.
(d) Blanford.

4. To what does the phrase "green Sickness" refer to in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Mucus.
(c) Anger.
(d) Plague.

5. How does Welldon pacify the widow in Act III, Scene III?
(a) By disclosing her true idenity as a female to show the widow that they can never marry.
(b) By agreeing to marry her the next day.
(c) By telling her he will have his wife poisoned so that they may marry.
(d) By telling her he will personally kill his wife so that they may marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have Lucy and Welldon moved to?

2. At the beginning of Act III, Scene III, what does the widow insist of Welldon?

3. Who says "...if you had not prevented my cutting his Throat, that Coward there had not discover'd us" in Act IV, Scene II?

4. Who appears as the mediator?

5. What do Welldon and the widow agree upon in Act II, Scene I?

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