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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Second Scene (p. 346 - 351).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosaura reveal?
(a) That she is from Great Britain and not a subject of Poland.
(b) That she is married to Roberto de la Azzila.
(c) That she is Clotaldo's daughter.
(d) That she is a woman.

2. What is likely to happen given that the story is incomplete and the foreshadowing that has taken place up to this point?
(a) Segismundo will escape from the tower.
(b) Segismundo will marry Astrea.
(c) Segismundo will commit suicide.
(d) Segismundo will kill his father.

3. At what is Basilio very skilled?
(a) Sword fighting.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Waging war.

4. What does Segismundo occasionally wonder about throughout the rest of the story?
(a) If he should try to compensate the family of the servant he killed.
(b) If Rosaura is in love with him.
(c) Whether he really did dream the experience.
(d) If his dream could be prophetic.

5. What does Clotaldo say was all a dream?
(a) Rosuara and Clarnn coming to the tower.
(b) Being in the tower; the prince is in a castle and always has been.
(c) Segismundo murdering the servant.
(d) The palace, the women, and the prince's finery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is likely to be Segismundo's performance as a king?

2. What seems to be a predominant characteristic of Clotaldo?

3. How does Clotaldo respond to Rosaura's rantings about Astolfo?

4. What is the setting at the opening of this act?

5. What makes it possible for Clotaldo to convince Segismundo that the time in the palace was a dream?

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