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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. Up to this scene by whom has Segismundo been controlled?
(a) Astolfo.
(b) Clarnn.
(c) Clotaldo.
(d) Basilio.

2. Who comes in and speaks with Clotaldo?
(a) The Duke of Muscovy.
(b) Clarnn.
(c) Volente.
(d) Rosaura.

3. How does Rosaura argue against Clotoldo's feeling of debt to Astolfo?
(a) That a man who is honorable would help any woman in distress.
(b) That Astolfo's honor is based on lies and is therefore non-existant.
(c) That because Astolfo does not remember saving Clotoldo, it doesn't matter.
(d) That Rosarua has guessed Clotoldo is her father and that supercedes any other obligation.

4. Who begs the king to intervene in the riots?
(a) Estrella.
(b) Volente.
(c) Clotaldo.
(d) Rosaura.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom do they mistake Clarnn?

2. How does Segismundo handle being addressed as Prince?

3. Who in the play so far has the clearest grasp of what honor really entails?

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

5. When Rosaura speaks at length about honor, how does Clotaldo respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clotaldo say to Rosaura and is this a reasonable response?

2. How does Segismundo respond to the soldiers' errand?

3. What transpires at the beginning of this scene?

4. When this scene opens what is happening with Clarnn?

5. Why have the soldiers come to the tower prison?

6. How does Segismundo's treatment of Clotaldo reflect upon his future behavior if he gains the throne?

7. Does it seem likely that Segismundo would really believe Clotaldo when Clotaldo tells Segismundo he was just dreaming?

8. Why has Clotaldo returned to the palace in such haste?

9. What foreshadows a possible positive ending to what could be a bloody civil war?

10. How does Clotaldo's waffling about this issue demonstrate the extent of the patriarchal culture in which he lives?

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