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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Daniel afraid of, regarding Lucy, near the end of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Providing for Lucy.
(b) Being a husband.
(c) Kissing Lucy.
(d) Marrying and sleeping with Lucy.

2. What is Oroonoko's status?
(a) A normal man.
(b) A king.
(c) A prince.
(d) A prince's servant.

3. With whom is the governor in love with?
(a) Lucy.
(b) His slave, Clemene.
(c) Welldon's female self.
(d) Widow Lackitt.

4. 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, no matter their age are always thought to be 21 or 22 years of age.
(c) That women who look like they are old are actually 21 or 22 years of age.
(d) That women are considered old at 21 or 22 years of age.

5. What is the setting of Act II, Scene I?
(a) The governor's house.
(b) Welldon's house.
(c) Widow Lackitt's house.
(d) The trading port.

6. What is Lucy's reaction to marriage with the Captain?
(a) She is hesitant.
(b) She accepts.
(c) She is nonchalant.
(d) She refuses.

7. Who got rid of Oroonoko's wife?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

8. Who is "The Dog" that Oroonoko refers to at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Captain.
(d) Blanford.

9. What does the line "I shou'd like mightily to be call'd Mrs. Welldon" foreshadow in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Widow Lackitt's romantic interest in Welldon.
(b) Widow Lackitt's interest in marrying her daughter to Welldon.
(c) Lucy's romantic interest in Welldon.
(d) Widow Lackitt's interest in adopting Welldon.

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

11. What is Daniel content with, regarding Lucy, near the end of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Marrying and sleeping with Lucy.
(b) Providing for Lucy.
(c) Kissing Lucy.
(d) Being a husband.

12. Who leads a successful attack against the invaders at the end of the entertainment in Act II, Scene III?
(a) Governor.
(b) Captain.
(c) Oroonoko.
(d) Blanford.

13. What is the setting of the beginning of Act II, Scene III?
(a) An open place.
(b) The widow's house.
(c) The trading port.
(d) A plantation.

14. Who is Daniel?
(a) The widow's son.
(b) Stanmore's son.
(c) Welldon's brother.
(d) Lucy's brother.

15. Who says Oroonoko will be treated nobly?
(a) Governor.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the widow's second suggestion for a husband for Lucy?

2. What does Blanford understand about Oroonoko in the beginning of Act II, Scene II?

3. Who says: "My heart drops blood for him" in Act I, Scene II?

4. What does the governor try to do to Imoinda at the beginning of Act II, Scene III?

5. What is the true identity of the governor's mistress?

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