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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the typical role of a woman at the time the play was written?
(a) To sell their bodies.
(b) To travel in singing troupes.
(c) To run the local government only.
(d) To be seen and not heard.

2. What does Hellena intend to find at the carnival?
(a) A good bargain.
(b) A locket.
(c) A special cake.
(d) A lover.

3. At the beginning of the play, who has been banished, penniless from his homeland?
(a) Don Vicentio.
(b) Don Pedro.
(c) Captain Belvile.
(d) Don Antonio.

4. What is a "double entendre"?
(a) A word or phrase that when spoken, has a clear, simple meaning, but in context is understood as having a sexual meaning as well.
(b) A deadly poison that can't be tasted.
(c) A word or phrase that is code for "I love you."
(d) A plot twist that the audience knows will happen, while the characters remain oblivious.

5. What kind of costumes are Hellena and Florinda wearing to the carnival?
(a) Gypsy costumes.
(b) Princess costumes.
(c) Courtesan costumes.
(d) Circus acrobat costumes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florinda intend to do at the carnival?

2. Who does Hellena flirt with as they approach the carnival?

3. Why does Behn choose to have a male playwright to speak in the Prologue?

4. The Rover was first performed on stage in what year?

5. Florinda can't stand which of her possible suitors?

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