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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Charlotte tell Stanmore of Welldon's true identity?
(a) Because she wants to laugh at him.
(b) Because she did not want to cheat him.
(c) Because she wants to test him.
(d) Because she is in love with him.

2. What is Daniel's response when Lucy asks him "Well, how do you like me now?" in Act II, Scene I?
(a) "...my Mother is always shaming one before company."
(b) "...how do you think I can go to bed to a Woman I don't know?
(c) "Why, pray, may I?"
(d) "You have bewitch'd me, I think.."

3. Who escapes at the end of Act V, Scene IV?
(a) Governor.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Imoinda.
(d) Oroonoko.

4. What is the widow's reaction to Welldon's statement in putting her off from marriage?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Outrage.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "I am afraid You'll find it difficult, and dangerous" in Act III, Scene IV?

2. Why have Oroonoko and the slaves gathered in Act III, Scene IV?

3. What does Blanford vow to do?

4. What does the widow tell the captain that she wants?

5. What is Aboan's idea for gaining freedom from slavery?

(see the answer key)

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