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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. What does Blunt notice about Lucetta's home as he is led through it by Sancho in the second scene of Act 3?
(a) Her home is very dirty.
(b) Her home seems amiss.
(c) Her home is poorly decorated.
(d) Her home is richly decorated.

2. What does Blunt try to take from Angellica's after the Englishmen chase off Antonio and his men?
(a) The small picture of Angellica.
(b) The large picture of Angellica.
(c) Angellica's money.
(d) Angellica's jewels.

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

4. What does Angellica give to Willmore after Antonio and his men depart her house?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) The large picture of herself.
(c) The small picture of herself.
(d) A special ring.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Pedro leaves the first scene, what does he tell the maid Callis to do?

3. What does Willmore promise to give Angellica in the second act of The Rover?

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

5. What kind of "mask" does Willmore show Angellica in their first meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pedro demand to know of "Antonio" after he lays his sword at Florinda's feet?

2. How does Belvile try to persuade Antonio to spare him?

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

4. What is a farce?

5. How does the bawdy conversation between Valeria, Hellena, and Florinda at the beginning of Act 3 parallel some of the men's conversations in earlier scenes?

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

7. What does removing the mask of the hardened business woman reveal about Angellica?

8. Why is Pedro in such a bad mood in Act 3, Scene 1?

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

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

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