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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who speaks the line "I am a better Christian, I thank you, than to keep it with a Heathen" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) Oroonoko.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Captain.

2. 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 who are 21 or 22 years of age are never considered old.
(b) That women, no matter their age are always thought to be 21 or 22 years of age.
(c) That women are considered old at 21 or 22 years of age.
(d) That women who look like they are old are actually 21 or 22 years of age.

3. With whom is the governor in love with?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Widow Lackitt.
(c) Welldon's female self.
(d) His slave, Clemene.

4. Who offers himself to Mrs. Lackitt in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Captain.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Jack.
(d) Blanford.

5. Who is the first character we are introduced to in the beginning of the play?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Oroonoko.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Welldon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do we learn is interested in marrying the widow near the end of Act I, Scene I?

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

3. What is Oroonoko's status?

4. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?

5. What is Lucy's reaction to marriage with the Captain?

(see the answer key)

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