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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the governor call on Imoinda in Act II, Scene III?
(a) To sing songs for his guests.
(b) To use her.
(c) To sleep with her.
(d) To dance for his guests.

2. What subject does the widow bring up with Welldon at the beginning of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Lucy's marriage to the Captain.
(b) Marriage to him.
(c) Lucy's marriage to her son.
(d) Marriage to Jack.

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

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

5. How does the widow's response of "Is that all?" to the Welldon's promise to Lucy's dying father tell us about the widow in Act II, Scene I?
(a) She does not think much of it.
(b) She chooses to ignore it.
(c) She doesn't care.
(d) She thinks it is very serious.

6. What is the widow's second suggestion for a husband for Lucy?
(a) The captain.
(b) Jack.
(c) Her son.
(d) Stanmore.

7. What relationship are Lucy and Welldon pretending to have in the first scene of the play?
(a) Friends.
(b) Siblings.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Couple.

8. Who is the Royal Slave whom Stanmore mentions near the end of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Oroonoko.
(b) Imoinda.
(c) Clemene.
(d) King of Angola.

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

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

11. Who is Welldon?
(a) Lucy's husband.
(b) Lucy's sister.
(c) Lucy's mother.
(d) Lucy's brother.

12. What does the governor try to do to Imoinda at the beginning of Act II, Scene III?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Sleep with her.
(d) Hug her.

13. Who is the governor's mistress?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Clemene.
(c) Widow Lackitt.
(d) Welldon as a female.

14. What does Blanford assure Oroonoko about the Governor at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) That he will send him back to Africa.
(b) That he will be kind and fair.
(c) That he will be cruel and treacherous.
(d) That he will free him for sure.

15. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?
(a) To beware treachery.
(b) To live in fear.
(c) To wait till he kills him.
(d) To love Lucy well or he will be betrayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Welldon say he could cheat the widow?

2. Who says "I am quite tir'd of setting up for a Husband" in Act II, Scene I?

3. Who is the first character we are introduced to in the beginning of the play?

4. Why is Oroonoko so elated at the end of Act II, Scene III?

5. Why does the Lieutenant Governor summon Blanford and Oroonoko in Act II, Scene II?

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