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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. Where does Blunt end up after he leaves Lucetta's house?
(a) Naked, roaming the streets lost.
(b) Naked in the woods.
(c) Naked in the ocean.
(d) Naked in the sewer.

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

3. What state is Willmore in when he sees Florinda waiting for Belvile in the garden?
(a) Willmore comes in very drunk.
(b) Willmore comes in ready to fight Pedro for Florinda.
(c) Willmore comes in very distraught with an urgent message.
(d) Willmore comes in very heartbroken.

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

5. Which one of the following characters is NOT interested in marrying Florinda?
(a) Captain Belvile.
(b) Don Vicentio.
(c) Don Antonio.
(d) Ned Blunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Willmore tells Angellica that he disapproves of what as he banters with her in Act 2?

2. Why isn't Phillippo jealous of Lucetta flirting with Blunt?

3. What kind of "mask" is Hellena showing to Willmore as she catches him coming out of Angellica's house?

4. 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?

5. After he realizes he's been fooled, who besides Lucetta is Blunt angry with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a soliloquy?

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

4. Give two examples of how the women are determined not to be taken advantage of by the men in the first act of The Rover.

5. What is Angellica "masking" as she meets Willmore for the first time?

6. As Florinda waits in the garden for Belvile, what is she finally showing about herself without any masks?

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

8. Does Moretta wear any kind of a mask?

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

10. Why is Willmore's "mask" extremely precarious in Scenes 3 and 4 of Act 4?

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