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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who got rid of Oroonoko's wife?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. Who is "The Dog" that Oroonoko refers to at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Blanford.
(b) Captain.
(c) Stanmore.
(d) Governor.

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

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

6. Whom do we learn is interested in marrying the widow near the end of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Welldon.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Jack.
(d) Blanford.

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

8. 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 striking a business deal with her.
(d) By marrying her daughter.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is Oroonoko's status?
(a) A prince's servant.
(b) A normal man.
(c) A king.
(d) A prince.

15. What does the widow force Daniel to do in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hug Welldon.
(b) Kiss Lucy.
(c) Hug Lucy.
(d) Kiss Welldon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the widow's second suggestion for a husband for Lucy?

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

4. Whom do we learn owns several plantations in Act I, Scene I?

5. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?

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