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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. What does Angellica overhear Willmore telling Hellena as she comes onto the scene with her servant?

2. What in particular do Belvile, Willmore, and the others find objectionable about Antonio?

3. What does Angellica give to Willmore after Antonio and his men depart her house?

4. What kind of costumes are Hellena and Florinda wearing to the carnival?

5. As the play opens, who is about to go to a convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the merits of Don Antonio as a husband?

2. What happens when Willmore tries to make a joke to Belvile about his attack on Florinda?

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

4. Is Willmore being truthful with Angellica at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

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

6. What two views does Belvile have about destiny in Act 4, Scene 1?

7. What happens when Belvile tries to help the wounded Antonio?

8. What is meant by the idea that the audience sees what they want to see?

9. What is an "aside"?

10. How has Willmore ruined Angellica?

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

An aspect to the play's thematic point is that sometimes there are masks within masks, and the removal of one layer of disguise doesn't mean there aren't more beneath it. In a cohesive page or two, describe the first "mask" Willmore shows to Angellica. When he throws this first mask aside, what does he reveal underneath? Who do you think is the "real" Willmore? Are there any other characters with multiple-layered masks?

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail three particular events in Act 1, Scene 2 that foreshadowed what would happen to Ned Blunt later in the play.

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