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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. Who is Frederic flirting with out on the street in front of Angellica's home?
(a) Frederic is flirting with Lucetta.
(b) Frederic is flirting with Florinda.
(c) Frederic is flirting with Valeria.
(d) Frederic is flirting with Hellena.

2. Many of the characters behave according to what standard?
(a) What they want to believe instead of what is actually in front of them.
(b) The king's commands.
(c) The rules of the church.
(d) The rules of the land.

3. Why does Angellica think Willmore is dishonorable?
(a) He won't fight for her.
(b) She believes he uses women for his own pleasure.
(c) She believes he wants to marry for money.
(d) He has stolen from Moretta.

4. Why does Behn choose to have a male playwright to speak in the Prologue?
(a) Behn is a man.
(b) To make a point about the role of woman in society.
(c) To make a point about the costumes of male characters.
(d) Behn is poking fun at woman.

5. What does Willmore reveal in an aside to the audience in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) He is falling in love with Angellica.
(b) He believes Angellica love Antonio.
(c) He can't stop thinking about Hellena.
(d) He believes Angellica is manipulating him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a "double entendre"?

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

5. What is unusual about the three couples at the center of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Angellica persist in her attraction to Willmore despite Moretta's warnings about him?

2. Does Hellena seem well suited to become a nun? Why or why not?

3. What theme of The Rover does Blunt's costume at the end of the play reinforce?

4. Why isn't Phillippo jealous of all the attention Lucetta is paying to Blunt?

5. What is a soliloquy?

6. What is the overall tone of the scenes in Act 3 with Ned Blunt?

7. Why is it significant that The Rover was written by a woman?

8. What is the problem with Belvile's desire to confront Antonio before he marries Florinda?

9. Why doesn't Florinda want to marry Don Antonio?

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

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