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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. By whom is Rosaura accompanied?
(a) Segismundo.
(b) Basila.
(c) Clarnn.
(d) No one.

2. If Segismundo behaves badly what will happen?
(a) He will be returned to the tower.
(b) He will be executed.
(c) He will not be allowed to marry and produce heirs.
(d) He will be sent to Muscovy.

3. What do the guards do when they discover Rosaura and Clarnn?
(a) Take them prisoners.
(b) Tell them to leave immediately.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Offer them dinner.

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

5. 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 commit suicide.
(b) Segismundo will marry Astrea.
(c) Segismundo will kill his father.
(d) Segismundo will escape from the tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Segismundo occasionally wonder about throughout the rest of the story?

2. How is Segismundo dressed?

3. What other relationship is probably similar to that between Astolfo and Rosaura?

4. With whom does Clotaldo probably sympathize?

5. Where does Act 1, Second Scene take place?

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