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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aboan mean by the line: "...I see Love has your Heart, and takes up all your thoughts" in Act III, Scene II?
(a) That Imoinda has never thought more clearly because of love.
(b) That Imoinda is not thinking clearly and is blinded by love.
(c) That Oroonoko's not thinking clearly and is blinded by love.
(d) That Oroonoko has never thought more clearly because of love.

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

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

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

5. Who is the first character we are introduced to in the beginning of the play?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Welldon.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Oroonoko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument finally convinced Oroonoko to drop his sword at the end of Act IV, Scene II?

2. At the beginning of Act IV, Scene II, what weapon does Imoinda carry?

3. What does Blanford vow to do?

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

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

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