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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men of the family treat Hellena and Florinda?

2. What does Florinda bring with her to the garden?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Willmore feel about women in general?

4. What is ironic about Pedro's last comment in Act 3, Scene 5?

5. Why does Angellica want to get revenge on Willmore?

6. What happens when Blunt shows Belvile the ring his victim offered as proof of her innocence?

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

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

9. What agreement did Valeria and Frederic have that they reveal to Florinda and Belvile in Act 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What might have Aphra Behn considered a virtuous woman versus a prostitute or courtesan? Using characters and situations from The Rover, discuss what could be meant by the term "virtuous woman." What makes someone virtuous? Does station in life make one more virtuous than another?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the difference between the way men treated high-born women like Florinda and low-born women, prostitutes in particular? Give two specific examples to back up your point of view.

Essay Topic 3

Aphra Behn used a male playwright in the Prologue. What point was she trying to make and was it effective? How would a woman saying the same things change the tone of the Prologue? How does this relate to the larger theme of people seeing what they want to see and the danger of making assumptions? Give specific examples from The Rover to support your answers.

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