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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Second Scene (p. 336-340).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Segismundo do to the servant who tries to protect Estrella?
(a) Orders him thrown into the dungeon.
(b) Pays him a gold piece to leave the room.
(c) Flings him off the balcony to his death.
(d) Slaps his with a sword.

2. What do the mountainous Polish countryside partially obscure?
(a) Segismundo's army on the slopes.
(b) A tower.
(c) An army coming through the pass.
(d) A valley of plenty.

3. What might the idea of using a dream to convince Segismundo he has never left his cell be considered?
(a) A plot contrivance.
(b) A fairly logical explanation.
(c) A lack of imagination.
(d) Segismundo really isn't convinced.

4. If he is returned to the tower, what will Clotaldo tell him?
(a) That he is a monster and will die the next day.
(b) That his experience was real, but he behaved too badly to live out of the tower.
(c) That his father is the king and has rejected Segismundo.
(d) That his experience in the palace was a dream.

5. What does Basilio confide to Clotaldo?
(a) That Basilio is naming Estrella as his successor.
(b) That Clotaldo is really Basilio's illegitimate son and should be king.
(c) That Basiolio is naming Astolfo as his successor.
(d) That his recent escapade was probably all an error.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Segismundo say when he awakes?

2. Who is victorious in the battle for the throne?

3. How is Rosaura dressed?

4. Who is the man who has dishonored Rosaura?

5. How does Clarnn gain Segismundo's confidence?

(see the answer key)

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