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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Belvile and Frederic do as the action escalates in the garden?
(a) They get into a fight with the guards.
(b) They run away.
(c) They run after Florinda.
(d) They attempt to defend Willmore.

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

3. According to the playwright, the audience comes to see The Rover for what reason?
(a) To be moved by the beautiful acting.
(b) The amazing acrobatics they will see.
(c) The witty comments they will be able to make after the play.
(d) To see the skimpy costumes.

4. What do Lucetta, Sancho, and Phillippo do with Blunt's belongings?
(a) They go through Blunt's clothes and jewelry, taking what's valuable.
(b) They burn them because he has nothing of value.
(c) They take them to use as a disguise to escape.
(d) They sell them.

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

6. 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 pick a fight.
(c) Go drinking.
(d) Go to the carnival.

7. What happens to Blunt after he gets into bed with Lucetta?
(a) He passes out from drinking too much.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He falls through a trap in the bottom of the bed and disappears.
(d) He falls out of the bed and bumps his head.

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

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

10. How does Pedro react when he sees Willmore, Belvile, and Frederic in his garden?
(a) He draws his sword and fights Willmore.
(b) He calls his guards to attack the men.
(c) He punches Willmore in the face.
(d) He runs after Florinda.

11. How do the men of the family treat Hellena and Florinda?
(a) Like precious princesses.
(b) Like slaves.
(c) Like commodities to be owned and sold.
(d) Like spoiled brats.

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

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

14. How does Hellena intend to get into the carnival?
(a) By sneaking into a back gate.
(b) By dressing to look like her sister.
(c) By paying double the entrance fee.
(d) By wearing a disguise.

15. What are the women's attitudes toward the men in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The women are at their mercy.
(b) The women are angry.
(c) The women are falling helplessly in love.
(d) The women are in control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Florinda from Willmore when he is attacking her in Act 3, Scene 5?

2. What does Florinda think of falling in love at first sight?

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

4. Florinda is in love with which of the following characters?

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

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