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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Who says the following line: "So, Mrs. Lackitt, your Widowhood is waning apace?" in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Stanmore.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Welldon.

5. What do Welldon and the widow agree upon in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Lucy's marriage to the widow's son.
(b) Their upcoming marriage.
(c) A business deal.
(d) The widow's marriage to Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the line "I shou'd like mightily to be call'd Mrs. Welldon" foreshadow in Act I, Scene I?

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

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

4. What relationship are Lucy and Welldon pretending to have in the first scene of the play?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lucy and Welldon leave London and come to Surinam?

2. Describe the interaction and relationship between the governor and his mistress at the beginning of Act II, Scene III.

3. Why does Oroonoko tell Blanford he is unhappy?

4. What do we learn about Oroonoko's past in Act II, Scene II?

5. After the reunion of Oroonoko and Imoinda, what does the governor comment and what does this comment foreshadow?

6. What does Blanford try to assure Oroonoko of in Act II, Scene II?

7. Take the following line: "Were not you an ill-natur'd thing to boggle at a Promise? I cou'd break twenty for you" in Act II, Scene I. Who is speaking and to whom? What is it in reference to and what do these words tell us about the speaker?

8. What line tells us of Welldon's feelings towards Mrs. Lackitt and in regards to what in Act I, Scene I?

9. How is Widow Lackitt's interest in Welldon shown (list 5 examples) and what does it foreshadow?

10. How does Blanford defend Clemene? What does this show us about him?

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