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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. How does Welldon pacify the widow in Act III, Scene III?
(a) By telling her he will personally kill his wife so that they may marry.
(b) By disclosing her true idenity as a female to show the widow that they can never marry.
(c) By agreeing to marry her the next day.
(d) By telling her he will have his wife poisoned so that they may marry.

2. To whom is the line "You are a Slave your self, and to command, Is now anothers right" being spoken to in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Aboan.
(b) Hottman.
(c) Imoinda.
(d) Oroonoko.

3. Which of the following is not something Welldon and Jack discuss in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) How Jack beds Mrs. Lackitt even though Welldon is married to her.
(b) How Jack may later marry Mrs. Lackitt.
(c) How Welldon will remain married to Mrs. Lackitt.
(d) How Jack and Welldon will both get money out of Mrs. Lackitt.

4. What is Oroonoko's plan for the slaves at the beginning of Act III, Scene IV?
(a) To murder their masters.
(b) To steal a ship and sail away to Africa.
(c) To set fire to the plantation.
(d) To go to the beach and start a new colony.

5. What does Oroonoko suggest in regards to Hottman at the end of Act III, Scene IV?
(a) Kick him out of the plan.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Keep an eye on him.
(d) Stab him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one slave ask Oroonoko in the beginning of Act III, Scene IV?

2. Who speaks the line "he did deserve his Death" and about whom in Act IV, Scene II?

3. Who are the two people who have betrayed Oroonoko in Act IV, Scene II?

4. What argument finally convinced Oroonoko to drop his sword at the end of Act IV, Scene II?

5. Who is now married to Widow Lackitt in Act IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might Act III be considered the climax of the play?

2. How does Jack feel about his role in the situation between himself and Mrs.Lackitt in Act IV?

3. How does Blanford convince Oroonoko to drop his sword?

4. What does Welldon give Stanmore at the end of Act IV, Scene I, what do they talk about and what is Stanmore's reaction?

5. What does Widow Lackitt give to Welldon in Act IV, Scene I and why? What does Welldon plan to do with this?

6. What is Oroonoko's plan in Act III, Scene IV?

7. In Act IV, what is the situation between Welldon, Jack and Mrs. Lackitt?

8. How does Welldon put off Widow Lackitt from marriage in Act III, Scene III and what is her response?

9. Describe the character Aboan in Act III.

10. What happens at the end of Act IV, Scene II?

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