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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Willmore believe Angellica is being sincere in her offer to be with him without payment?
(a) He has heard her lies before.
(b) He has been cheated too many times.
(c) She is a known liar.
(d) He loves her too much.

2. Florinda can't stand which of her possible suitors?
(a) Ned Blunt.
(b) Don Vincentio.
(c) Don Antonio.
(d) Captain Belvile.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Pedro's comment that Florinda will find true love.
(b) Frederic's comment that he hopes Luceta will teach Blunt a lesson.
(c) Belvile's calling Willmore the rover.
(d) Blunt's comment about being robbed by prostitutes.

5. After he realizes he's been fooled, who besides Lucetta is Blunt angry with?
(a) Sancho.
(b) Frederic.
(c) Belvile.
(d) Himself.

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

7. What is the general attitude of men toward women in the scene at the beginning of the carnival?
(a) Woman are to be taken care of and loved.
(b) Women are lovely creatures to be worshipped.
(c) Women are sexual objects to be own or traded around.
(d) Women are meant to be wives and mothers.

8. What does Florinda intend to do at the carnival?
(a) Dance all night.
(b) Run away.
(c) Give a note to Captain Belvile.
(d) Kiss her future husband.

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

10. What do the Englishmen decide to do to pass the time and bolster their spirits after all the women depart from the street in front of Angellica's?
(a) Go sailing.
(b) Go to the carnival.
(c) Go drinking.
(d) Go pick a fight.

11. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, how does Belvile know that it is not possible for Willmore to approach Angellica yet?
(a) The open sign hasn't yet been hung outside.
(b) The painting advertising her availability hasn't yet been hung outside.
(c) There is a red flag hanging on her door.
(d) The gate is closed.

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Willmore tells Florinda before he realizes who she is in the garden?
(a) That he is looking for a girl to marry.
(b) How honest he is.
(c) How attractive she is.
(d) That it doesn't matter that he doesn't know her name.

13. What kind of "mask" does Willmore show Angellica in their first meeting?
(a) The mask of the rich soldier.
(b) The mask of the poor warrior.
(c) The mask of the kind brother.
(d) The mask of the truthful cusader.

14. What does Frederic tell Willmore is very dangerous as he goes into Angellica's house for the first time?
(a) To pay a courtesan money.
(b) To anger Antonio.
(c) To anger Blunt.
(d) To be with an angry courtesan.

15. What are Frederic and Ned Blunt teasing Captain Belvile about in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) How he was banished from England
(b) How he is in love with Florinda.
(c) How he is in love with Hellena.
(d) How his uniform does not fit well.

Short Answer Questions

1. In teasing his friend as they go to the carnival, Captain Belvile refers to Willmore as what?

2. What does Blunt dread the most about his unfortunate incident with Lucetta and her accomplices?

3. What do Belvile and Frederic do as the action escalates in the garden?

4. Who is Angellica's servant?

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

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