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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. Why does the Lieutenant Governor summon Blanford and Oroonoko in Act II, Scene II?
(a) He wants Oroonoko's opinion of his mistress.
(b) He wants Oroonoko's opinion on politics.
(c) He wants Oroonoko to do some work for him.
(d) He wants Oroonoko to entertain him.

2. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?
(a) By offering to trade the prince's life for his wife's.
(b) By hitting him over the head and dragging him to the ship.
(c) By getting him drunk on his ship and putting him in shackles.
(d) By knocking him out and tying him up.

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

4. Who is the Royal Slave whom Stanmore mentions near the end of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Imoinda.
(b) Clemene.
(c) King of Angola.
(d) Oroonoko.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "I am quite tir'd of setting up for a Husband" in Act II, Scene I?

2. Who is the governor's mistress?

3. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?

4. What does Welldon say he promised Lucy's dying father in Act II, Scene I to Widow Lackitt?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act I, Scene II, what is Widow Lackitt complaining of, to whom, and why?

2. Describe the Captain's character in Act I, Scene II.

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

4. Where are the two sisters living and how is this an advantage for them?

5. What do we understand of the relationship between Jack Stanmore and Widow Lackitt in Act I, Scene II?

6. 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?

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

8. In Act II, Scene I how does Welldon put Widow Lackitt off marrying him?

9. In Act I, Scene I, what does Stanmore offer to Welldon and why?

10. Oroonoko says: "Give me a Sword and I'll deserve your trust" in Act II, Scene III. How does he support his statement?

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