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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 doesn't care.
(c) She chooses to ignore it.
(d) She thinks it is very serious.

2. Why does Lucy exit in Act I, Scene I?
(a) So that Welldon can figure out how to dupe Widow Lackitt.
(b) So that Welldon and Widow Lackitt may be alone to get to know one another.
(c) So that Welldon and Widow Lackitt may talk business.
(d) So that Widow Lackitt can try to seduce Welldon.

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

4. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?
(a) By knocking him out and tying him up.
(b) By hitting him over the head and dragging him to the ship.
(c) By offering to trade the prince's life for his wife's.
(d) By getting him drunk on his ship and putting him in shackles.

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

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

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

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

9. Where is Lucy and Welldon's original home?
(a) Surinam.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

10. How long has Mrs. Lackitt been a widow?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six days.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Six months.

11. What does Widow Lackitt hint at the end of Act II, Scene II?
(a) It is her and Welldon's turn to marry next.
(b) It is her and Jack's turn to marry next.
(c) It is time for Lucy and Daniel to marry.
(d) It is time for Lucy and Stanmore to marry.

12. Why is Lucy's sister dressed as a man?
(a) To find a husband for herself.
(b) To entice women out of their wealth.
(c) To make proper claim to property.
(d) To find a husband for Lucy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?

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

3. Whom does the widow first suggest that Lucy marry?

4. Who says Oroonoko will be treated nobly?

5. To whom is "Why, a lusty young Fellow may happen to tempt you" being said in Act I, Scene I?

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