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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 the line "poor Women be thought decaying and unfit/for the Town at One or Two and twenty" in Act I, Scene I mean exactly?
(a) That women who are 21 or 22 years of age are never considered old.
(b) That women who look like they are old are actually 21 or 22 years of age.
(c) That women are considered old at 21 or 22 years of age.
(d) That women, no matter their age are always thought to be 21 or 22 years of age.

2. What does Widow Lackitt want Welldon to do as she exits Act III, Scene III?
(a) Follow her to her bedroom and lie with her.
(b) Follow her to her bedroom for a chat.
(c) Follow her to the library for a chat.
(d) Follow her to his bedroom and lie with her.

3. Whom does the widow first suggest that Lucy marry?
(a) The captain.
(b) Jack.
(c) Stanmore.
(d) Her son.

4. Whom does this line refer to: "Sir, You're a scurvy Fellow to talk at this rate to me" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Governor.
(c) Captain.
(d) Welldon.

5. What does the line "I am afraid You'll find it difficult, and dangerous" refer to in Act III, Scene IV?
(a) Oroonoko's plan.
(b) Blanford's plan.
(c) Aboan's plan.
(d) Hottman's plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a soliloquy in Act IV, Scene I?

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

3. What does Welldon say he promised Lucy's dying father in Act II, Scene I to Widow Lackitt?

4. What does the widow force Daniel to do in Act II, Scene I?

5. What is Daniel afraid of, regarding Lucy, near the end of Act II, Scene I?

(see the answer key)

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