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

2. What is the important symbol that appears as the characters head to the carnival?
(a) The rose.
(b) The mask.
(c) The secret note.
(d) The rover.

3. The Rover was first performed on stage in what year?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1777.

4. Florinda is in love with which of the following characters?
(a) Don Vencentio.
(b) Ned Blunt.
(c) Captain Belvile.
(d) Don Antonio.

5. Which suitor does Florinda's brother Pedro hope she will marry?
(a) Ned Blunt.
(b) Don Vicentio.
(c) Captain Belvile.
(d) Don Antonio.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Pedro leaves the first scene, what does he tell the maid Callis to do?

2. What is the typical role of a woman at the time the play was written?

3. What are the women's attitudes toward the men in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Where do Florinda and Belvile make arrangements to meet when they see each other at the carnival?

5. How does Hellena intend to get into the carnival?

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