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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Angellica respond to "the boy"?

2. Whose house does Florinda unknowingly duck into to evade Pedro?

3. Who does Antonio tell Belvile he is as they discuss Belvile's imprisonment?

4. Who besides Willmore determines he also has an appointment with Angellica for which he has paid her fee?

5. What is the focus of Act 3, Scene 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Rovers central premise is women can and should be in control of their own destinies.

1. Choose two female characters and describe how they took control of their own destiny.

2. Contrast these women with a female character who did not seem to be in control of what happened to her.

Essay Topic 2

One of the larger themes of the play seems to be warning women to beware of the charms of men. Give four specific examples of this. Are there examples of men falling to the charms of women? How is this interpreted differently in the subtext of The Rover?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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