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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Segismundo say when he awakes?
(a) Segismundo bemoans his unfortunate fate.
(b) He never wakes up; Clotaldo drugged him too deeply and he dies.
(c) Segismundo calls for his squire.
(d) Segismundo asks for his father, Basilio.

2. What is Caltaldo's final word on the subject?
(a) He will go talk to Volente to stop Rosaura.
(b) He will assist Rosaura.
(c) He will ask Estrella to talk to the Duke.
(d) He will have the king try the Duke on charges of rape.

3. What does Clotaldo tell the king?
(a) That Clarnn escaped from the tower.
(b) That Rosaura is his daughter.
(c) That Segismund is dead.
(d) News of Segismundo's escape and rebellious plans.

4. What is another thing that Segismundo demonstrates by allowing Caltaldo to leave?
(a) That he wasn't really angry at Caltaldo.
(b) That Caltaldo isn't important to the storyline.
(c) That Segismund is catatonic.
(d) That he has mastered his emotions.

5. What percentage of the people of Poland desire Segismundo as their king?
(a) Almost ninety-five percent.
(b) No one wants the brute for their king.
(c) About ten percent.
(d) Roughly fifty percent.

6. When Rosaura encounters Clotaldo, of what does she speak?
(a) Of how to get Clarnn out of the tower prison.
(b) Her mother's pending death.
(c) Her dishonor and hatred of Astolfo.
(d) How much she likes Estrella.

7. Where does Astolfo go?
(a) To Estrella's room to offer her some romantic poetry.
(b) To the tower to intercept and kill Segismundo.
(c) To his room to pack and flee the riots.
(d) To the site of the military action.

8. What seems to be a predominant characteristic of Clotaldo?
(a) Simple-minded.
(b) Indecision.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Decisive.

9. What in this scene is a possible theme of this work?
(a) That life can be confounded by a dream.
(b) That if you are too frustrated, you should just kill someone to solve the problem.
(c) That beautiful women are so irrisitable, rape is acceptable.
(d) That a father can predict a son's future at the son's birth.

10. How could Segismundo's status be described at the end of this scene?
(a) Dubious.
(b) Stripped of his newly-acquired title.
(c) Exiled.
(d) As in rebellion.

11. What may be foreshadowed about Segismundo's future behavior in this scene?
(a) That Astrea and Segismundo will marry.
(b) That Clarnn will be hanged to silence him.
(c) That Segismundo will end up killing his father.
(d) That he will act more honorably and humanely.

12. What did Basilio proclaim?
(a) A day of fasting and repentance.
(b) That Astolfo and Estrella would marry and rule jointly.
(c) That Clotolda was his heir apparent.
(d) That Segismundo was to be exiled.

13. What lesson does Clotaldo offer for what happens in Segismundo's "dream"?
(a) That dreams are reflections of real life.
(b) That Segismundo should not get so drunk that he dreams such nonsense.
(c) That a dream tells you who you really are.
(d) That even when something is a dream, you should still do the right thing in the dream.

14. 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 his recent escapade was probably all an error.
(d) That Basiolio is naming Astolfo as his successor.

15. What makes it possible for Clotaldo to convince Segismundo that the time in the palace was a dream?
(a) That Clotaldo knocked Segismundo hard enough over the head to give him amnesia.
(b) Because Clotaldo has never lied to Segismundo before.
(c) Because the fog is so bad, Segismundo can not see if there is actually a world outside the tower.
(d) Segismundo's inexperience in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. By allowing Caltaldo to leave, what does Segismundo demonstrate?

2. What are the two characters discussing?

3. To whom is Clotaldo ever loyal?

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

5. What is Rosaura's response to Caltaldo's compromise?

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