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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Belvile speak to the audience about his true feelings in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) In a double entendre.
(b) In soliloquy.
(c) In a monologue.
(d) In an aside.

2. As the play opens, who is about to go to a convent?
(a) Hellena.
(b) Florinda.
(c) Callis.
(d) Valeria.

3. Who is Ned Blunt infatuated with?
(a) Lucetta.
(b) Valeria.
(c) Florinda.
(d) Angellica.

4. Why does Pedro challenge Don Antonio to a duel outside of Angellica's?
(a) Over who gets Angellica first.
(b) To avenge Hellena's honor.
(c) To avenge for his father's death.
(d) Over money Antonio owes him.

5. As Pedro leaves the first scene, what does he tell the maid Callis to do?
(a) Lock Florinda in her room.
(b) Lock Hellena in her room.
(c) Take Hellena to the carnival.
(d) Take the night off.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the play, who has been banished, penniless from his homeland?

2. What does the audience know about the duel between Antonio and Pedro that Belvile doesn't know?

3. What lie does Willmore tell Hellena when she approaches from the shadows in the first scene of Act 3?

4. Why doesn' t Pedro know who the Englishmen were he fought off with his sword after the attack on Florinda?

5. What in particular do Belvile, Willmore, and the others find objectionable about Antonio?

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