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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says: "Why, a lusty young Fellow may happen to temp you" in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Welldon.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Widow Lackitt.
(d) Stanmore.

2. What is Daniel's response when Lucy asks him "Well, how do you like me now?" in Act II, Scene I?
(a) "You have bewitch'd me, I think.."
(b) "Why, pray, may I?"
(c) "...my Mother is always shaming one before company."
(d) "...how do you think I can go to bed to a Woman I don't know?

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

4. Whom does the widow first suggest that Lucy marry?
(a) The captain.
(b) Jack.
(c) Stanmore.
(d) Her son.

5. What does Oroonoko warn the Captain of?
(a) To live in fear.
(b) To love Lucy well or he will be betrayed.
(c) To wait till he kills him.
(d) To beware treachery.

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

7. What does the widow force Daniel to do in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hug Welldon.
(b) Kiss Lucy.
(c) Kiss Welldon.
(d) Hug Lucy.

8. Why is Oroonoko so elated at the end of Act II, Scene III?
(a) He is finally freed of slavery.
(b) He finally kills the Captain.
(c) He has returned home to Africa.
(d) He is finally reunited with Imoinda.

9. Who got rid of Oroonoko's wife?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

10. What does Daniel make his mother promise near the end of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Not to marry him off.
(b) Not to leave him.
(c) Not to marry Welldon.
(d) Not to marry Jack.

11. How does the widow's response of "Is that all?" to the Welldon's promise to Lucy's dying father tell us about the widow in Act II, Scene I?
(a) She chooses to ignore it.
(b) She doesn't care.
(c) She does not think much of it.
(d) She thinks it is very serious.

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

13. Who is Welldon?
(a) Lucy's sister.
(b) Lucy's mother.
(c) Lucy's husband.
(d) Lucy's brother.

14. Who says: "My heart drops blood for him" in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Welldon.
(b) Blanford.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Stanmore.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Daniel content with, regarding Lucy, near the end of Act II, Scene I?

3. What does the line "I shou'd like mightily to be call'd Mrs. Welldon" foreshadow in Act I, Scene I?

4. What subject does the widow bring up with Welldon at the beginning of Act II, Scene I?

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

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