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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does this scene open?
(a) In Moscovy.
(b) Back at the prison tower.
(c) At Clotaldo's favorite Inn.
(d) A room in the royal palace.

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

3. Who are meeting together when the scene opens?
(a) Segismundo and Basilio.
(b) Astolfo and Estrella.
(c) Basilio and Clotaldo.
(d) Clotaldo and Rosaura.

4. Who faces each off in a hallway in the palace?
(a) Basilio and Clotaldo.
(b) Clotaldo and Rosaura.
(c) Rosaura and Clarnn.
(d) Astolfo and Estrella.

5. Why does Basilio desire to abdicate the throne?
(a) He has no desire to abdicate.
(b) He has been caught in corruption.
(c) He is old and tired.
(d) He wants to marry a commoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Segismundo treat Asolfo?

2. How does Basilio likely feel about his treatment of Segismundo?

3. By whom is Rosaura accompanied?

4. How does Segismundo respond to what Clotaldo tells him?

5. How does Rosaura feel about Segismundo's revelations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Segismundo do upon hearing Rosaura's pleas for mercy?

2. What are some of the ways Segismundo demonstrates his unsuitability for the throne?

3. Briefly summarize Rosaura's actions after this pardon and Clotaldo's response.

4. Why do you think it is important to Rosaura to retrieve her locket?

5. Are Segismundo's actions surprising?

6. Because of some "portent" Basilio reads in the stars at his son's birth, he locks up his son, Segismundo, while still a baby and is determine to keep him confined for the rest of Segismundo's life. Is this a wise decision?

7. Why does Basilio want to abdicate his throne?

8. What is Segismundo doing in this first scene?

9. How does Segismundo's state of mind change from wonder to rage?

10. What does it say about the status of women in this country by the mission on which Rosaura is embarked?

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