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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the playwright speaking in the prologue as a man?
(a) The audience is deaf.
(b) The audience prefers a male playwright over a female.
(c) The audience is always just men.
(d) The play was written by a man.

2. Angellica allows which man to come inside her house without charge, something she rarely does?
(a) Blunt.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Willmore.

3. As he agrees to the duel, who does Don Antonio believe that the disguised Pedro really is?
(a) Belvile.
(b) Sancho.
(c) Willmore.
(d) Frederic.

4. Why doesn't Willmore wear his mask to the carnival?
(a) He is afraid Angellica won't reconize him.
(b) He is afraid Hellena won't recognize him.
(c) He wants his enemies to recognize him.
(d) He is very vain.

5. 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 runs after Florinda.
(d) He punches Willmore in the face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Willmore angry as he enters the garden and sees Florinda waiting for Belvile?

2. What does Blunt tell Lucetta as he prepares to get into bed with her?

3. Why can't Willmore believe Angellica is being sincere in her offer to be with him without payment?

4. Why does Florinda run off after being rescued from Willmore?

5. What is the general attitude of men toward women in the scene at the beginning of the carnival?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Willmore finally showing about himself as he comes upon Florinda by herself in the garden?

2. The Rover is considered to be what type of play?

3. How does Florinda feel about the way Pedro treats her and why?

4. What does Willmore tell Angellica when she asks him to promise not to marry another woman?

5. How does Florinda walk past Pedro on the street without him recognizing her?

6. How does Belvile respond when Antonio asks why he attacked him outside of Angellica's?

7. For what purposes is Hellena using the story of the unfaithful lover she tells Willmore and Angellica when she is disguised as a man in Act 4?

8. How has Willmore ruined Angellica?

9. What core theme of The Rover is becoming clear as Antonio mistakes his prisoner Belvile for Willmore?

10. What reasons does the playwright give for people attending the play?

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