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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. Where do Florinda and Belvile make arrangements to meet when they see each other at the carnival?

2. What does Blunt try to take from Angellica's after the Englishmen chase off Antonio and his men?

3. Even though she is angry with Willmore, what does Hellena realize about him as he tries to explain where he has been?

4. Angellica allows which man to come inside her house without charge, something she rarely does?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Florinda rush in and try to stop the duel between Pedro and Belvile?

3. 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.

4. What does the Epilogue say about the audience?

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

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

7. Why was it so easy for Lucetta to trick Blunt?

8. How does Belvile plan to give Florinda time to escape from Pedro's house?

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

10. Why is it important to the plot of The Rover that Florinda, Hellena and Valeria are still wearing their gypsy disguises as they meet Belvile, Wilmore, and Frederic on the street?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Rover shows the way society in general, and men in particular, viewed the female gender with mistrust, resentment, anger, lust, and the capacity for violence. In the dramatization of the way women were viewed as something to be dominated and controlled, how does the play progress to demonstrate this in a much more visceral, less polite and ultimately less comic way?

Compare and contrast this with how women are treated in modern society.

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

Which one was the true Willmore and not just a mask he donned to get his way: Willmore the contemptuous womanizer or Willmore the honest husband? Please explain your answer with at least four specific examples from The Rover.

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