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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 4, which character speaks in soliloquy, a solo speech heard only by the audience?
(a) Don Diegue.
(b) Don Sanche.
(c) Don Rodrigue.
(d) Don Gomes.

2. Who does Chimene ask the King to punish, to avenge the death of her father?
(a) Don Diegue.
(b) Don Rodrigue.
(c) Don Gomes.
(d) Don Alonse.

3. In Act 2, Scene 4, what does the Infanta ask a messenger to do?
(a) Bring Don Diegue to her.
(b) Bring Don Rodrigue to her.
(c) Bring Don Gomes to her.
(d) Bring Chimene to her.

4. In Act 1, Scene 6, which character's soliloquy is in rhyming verse, rather than the play's typical blank verse?
(a) Don Diegue.
(b) Don Sanche.
(c) Don Rodrigue.
(d) Don Gomes.

5. What lie does the King tell Chimene?
(a) Don Diegue surrenders in battle.
(b) Don Rodrigue is killed in battle.
(c) Don Diegue is killed in battle.
(d) Don Rodrigue surrenders in battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 2, who says he won't fight with someone not his equal, because there is no honor in it?

2. Who is the father of Chimene?

3. As the second act opens, the King is angry with which character?

4. The King says that everything to do with whose death is forgotten?

5. Chimene is embarrassed when forced to admit what?

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