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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the captain capture Oroonoko to be a slave?
(a) By offering to trade the prince's life for his wife's.
(b) By knocking him out and tying him up.
(c) By hitting him over the head and dragging him to the ship.
(d) By getting him drunk on his ship and putting him in shackles.

2. What is the setting of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Widow Lackitt's house.
(b) The governor's house.
(c) The trading port.
(d) Welldon's house.

3. Who says "I am afraid You'll find it difficult, and dangerous" in Act III, Scene IV?
(a) Hottman.
(b) Slave.
(c) Aboan.
(d) Oroonoko.

4. What does Welldon say to the widow's first suggestion of a husband for Lucy?
(a) He says Lucy hates him.
(b) He says Lucy is conflicted.
(c) He says Lucy loves him.
(d) He says Lucy is considering it.

5. How does Welldon put off Widow Lackitt from marriage yet again in Act III, Scene III?
(a) By stating he has another sister who must first be married.
(b) By stating he is moving back to London.
(c) By stating that he is in love with another woman.
(d) By stating he is already married.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the line "My heart drops blood for him" referring in Act I, Scene II?

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

3. Who is "The Dog" that Oroonoko refers to at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?

4. Act III, Scene I is with which characters?

5. What is the widow's second suggestion for a husband for Lucy?

(see the answer key)

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