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

2. What is the widow's second suggestion for a husband for Lucy?
(a) Stanmore.
(b) Jack.
(c) Her son.
(d) The captain.

3. Whom do we learn owns several plantations in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Widow Lackitt.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Stanmore.

4. Who says: "Why, a lusty young Fellow may happen to temp you" in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Stanmore.
(b) Welldon.
(c) Widow Lackitt.
(d) Lucy.

5. What does Daniel make his mother promise near the end of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Not to marry Jack.
(b) Not to leave him.
(c) Not to marry Welldon.
(d) Not to marry him off.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what purpose have Lucy and Welldon left their original home?

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

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

5. To whom does Welldon mention his sister to in Act I, Scene II in terms of marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what purpose has the governor sent Stanmore to summon Blanford and Oroonoko?

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

5. Describe Daniel's character.

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

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

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

9. Who speaks the line "hear you, but I can believe no more" in Act I, Scene II. What does it mean?

10. 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?

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