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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.."

5. Who says "I am quite tir'd of setting up for a Husband" in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Clemene.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Widow Lackitt.

6. 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 marrying her daughter to Welldon.
(c) Widow Lackitt's interest in adopting Welldon.
(d) Widow Lackitt's romantic interest in Welldon.

7. What does Blanford vow to do?
(a) Serve the Governor.
(b) Serve Welldon.
(c) Serve the Captain.
(d) Serve Oroonoko.

8. What is the true identity of the governor's mistress?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Imoinda.
(c) Mrs. Lackitt.
(d) Clemene.

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

10. What does Welldon say he promised Lucy's dying father in Act II, Scene I to Widow Lackitt?
(a) To not marry until Lucy was married.
(b) To marry at the same time as Lucy.
(c) To never marry anyone but Lucy.
(d) To only marry for love.

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

12. In Act II Scene II, who is the first speaker?
(a) Governor.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Oroonoko.
(d) Welldon.

13. What story does Oroonoko relate to Blanford in Act II, Scene II?
(a) His childhood.
(b) HIs travels.
(c) His wife's disappearance.
(d) How he was captured.

14. Whom does the widow first suggest that Lucy marry?
(a) Her son.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) The captain.
(d) Jack.

15. How does Welldon say he could cheat the widow?
(a) By marrying her for her money.
(b) By having Lucy marry her son.
(c) By marrying her daughter.
(d) By striking a business deal with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oroonoko's status?

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

3. What does Welldon say to the widow's first suggestion of a husband for Lucy?

4. What does Blanford assure Oroonoko about the Governor at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?

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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