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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Act III, Scene I is with which characters?
(a) Slave traders.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Plantation owners.
(d) The Weldon sisters.

2. Who leads a successful attack against the invaders at the end of the entertainment in Act II, Scene III?
(a) Oroonoko.
(b) Captain.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Governor.

3. Who is Daniel?
(a) The widow's son.
(b) Lucy's brother.
(c) Welldon's brother.
(d) Stanmore's son.

4. What does Blanford vow to do?
(a) Serve the Captain.
(b) Serve Oroonoko.
(c) Serve Welldon.
(d) Serve the Governor.

5. What does the line "poor Women be thought decaying and unfit/for the Town at One or Two and twenty" in Act I, Scene I mean exactly?
(a) That women are considered old at 21 or 22 years of age.
(b) That women who are 21 or 22 years of age are never considered old.
(c) That women who look like they are old are actually 21 or 22 years of age.
(d) That women, no matter their age are always thought to be 21 or 22 years of age.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Act III, Scene III, what does the widow insist of Welldon?

2. What does Welldon say he promised Lucy's dying father in Act II, Scene I to Widow Lackitt?

3. For what purpose have Lucy and Welldon left their original home?

4. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?

5. What relationship are Lucy and Welldon pretending to have in the first scene of the play?

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