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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 be seen and not heard.
(b) To sell their bodies.
(c) To travel in singing troupes.
(d) To run the local government only.

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

3. The Rover contrasts what two things?
(a) The Montagues and the Capulets
(b) What the characters say versus how they actually feel.
(c) How the characters act versus others' acting ability.
(d) Good versus evil.

4. Just as Don Pedro appears at the carnival, what does Florinda give Belvile?
(a) A lace handkerchief.
(b) A lock of her hair.
(c) A love letter.
(d) A locket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rover is considered to be what kind of play?

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

3. Why is the playwright speaking in the prologue as a man?

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

5. Many of the characters behave according to what standard?

(see the answer key)

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