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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose have Lucy and Welldon left their original home?
(a) To husband hunt.
(b) To make a forture.
(c) To trick old women.
(d) To capture a slave.

2. Who speaks the line "I am a better Christian, I thank you, than to keep it with a Heathen" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Oroonoko.
(c) Governor.
(d) Captain.

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

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

5. Who stands and stares at Oroonoko in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) The Planters.
(c) Blanford.
(d) The other slaves.

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

7. What new name does Blanford suggest Oroonoko take?
(a) Caeser.
(b) Prince.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Julius.

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

9. 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) "Why, pray, may I?"
(d) "...my Mother is always shaming one before company."

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

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

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

13. Who says: "My heart drops blood for him" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Welldon.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Blanford.

14. Who is Imoinda?
(a) Oroonoko's mother.
(b) Oroonoko's sister.
(c) Oroonoko's wife.
(d) Oroonoko's step-mother.

15. Who is the third character to make an appearance in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Oroonoko.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Widow Lackitt.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the line "My heart drops blood for him" referring in Act I, Scene II?

2. Who says Oroonoko will be treated nobly?

3. Why is Lucy's sister dressed as a man?

4. Where is Lucy and Welldon's original home?

5. In Act II, Scene III, who comes to attack the plantations near the end of the entertainment?

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