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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the widow tell the captain that she wants?
(a) A husband.
(b) A female slave.
(c) A maid.
(d) A male slave.

3. In Act II, Scene III, who comes to attack the plantations near the end of the entertainment?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Planters.
(c) Indians.
(d) Pirates.

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

5. 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 free him for sure.
(c) That he will be cruel and treacherous.
(d) That he will be kind and fair.

6. What does Blanford understand about Oroonoko in the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Why he is so sad.
(b) Why he is distrustful of white men.
(c) Why he is so pitiful.
(d) Why he is so angry.

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

8. 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 doesn't care.
(b) She chooses to ignore it.
(c) She thinks it is very serious.
(d) She does not think much of it.

9. Who offers himself to Mrs. Lackitt in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Jack.
(d) Captain.

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

11. 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 are considered old at 21 or 22 years of age.
(b) That women who look like they are old are actually 21 or 22 years of age.
(c) That women, no matter their age are always thought to be 21 or 22 years of age.
(d) That women who are 21 or 22 years of age are never considered old.

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

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

14. How can Daniel's behavior in Act II, Scene I be described?
(a) Rash.
(b) Shy.
(c) Clumsy.
(d) Rowdy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Welldon mention his sister to in Act I, Scene II in terms of marriage?

2. Why does the governor call on Imoinda in Act II, Scene III?

3. Who got rid of Oroonoko's wife?

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

5. What is Oroonoko's status?

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