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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Willmore tells Angellica that he disapproves of what as he banters with her in Act 2?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Protitution.
(d) War.

3. What does Hellena make Willmore promise after she catches him coming out of Angellica's house?
(a) Hellena says she will never see him again unless he marries her.
(b) Hellena says she will never see him again unless he refuses to pay her brother money.
(c) Hellena says she will never see him again unless he refuses to see Angellica
(d) Hellena says she will never see him again unless he refuses to see Lucetta.

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

5. What does Angellica overhear Willmore telling Hellena as she comes onto the scene with her servant?
(a) Willmore professing that he is not capable of love.
(b) Willmore professing that he loves only Hellena.
(c) Willmore professing that he loves only Florinda.
(d) Willmore professing that he loves only Angellica.

6. In teasing his friend as they go to the carnival, Captain Belvile refers to Willmore as what?
(a) The captain.
(b) The casanova.
(c) The sailor.
(d) The rover.

7. Willmore is willing to pay any price to be with Angellica because she is_______.
(a) "divinely powerful."
(b) "utterly alluring."
(c) "dangerously beautiful."
(d) "truly lovely."

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

9. Why does Willmore offer to join forces and finances with the other merchants of the town?
(a) To afford to be with Angellica.
(b) To start a war.
(c) To destroy Don Antonio.
(d) To go to the carnival.

10. 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 Hellena.
(c) How he is in love with Florinda.
(d) How his uniform does not fit well.

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

12. Where do Florinda and Belvile make arrangements to meet when they see each other at the carnival?
(a) That night at her house.
(b) The next morning at the garden gate.
(c) The next morning at Belvile's house.
(d) That night at the garden gate.

13. In Angellica's bedchamber, what kind of "mask" is she showing Willmore?
(a) The mask of a warrior.
(b) The mask of a flirting maiden.
(c) The mask of a lover.
(d) The mask of a hard-hearted business woman.

14. What does Florinda tell Belvile before she leaves the garden?
(a) To wait for her signal.
(b) To leave her alone.
(c) To come to her window.
(d) To give a note to Hellena.

15. According to Blunt, what kind of things could Lucetta teach the prostitutes of England?
(a) A lesson in love.
(b) A song about Italy.
(c) A love song about France.
(d) A lesson in generosity .

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the playwright want to say anything to welcome the audience?

2. What was unusual about the author of this play?

3. Who is Angellica's servant?

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

5. What does Moretta think of Willmore as he tries to seduce Angellica?

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