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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act II Scene II, who is the first speaker?
(a) Oroonoko.
(b) Welldon.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Governor.

2. What is Oroonoko's status?
(a) A prince.
(b) A prince's servant.
(c) A king.
(d) A normal man.

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

4. What does Widow Lackitt hint at the end of Act II, Scene II?
(a) It is her and Jack's turn to marry next.
(b) It is time for Lucy and Stanmore to marry.
(c) It is her and Welldon's turn to marry next.
(d) It is time for Lucy and Daniel to marry.

5. What does the line "I shou'd like mightily to be call'd Mrs. Welldon" foreshadow in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Widow Lackitt's interest in marrying her daughter to Welldon.
(b) Lucy's romantic interest in Welldon.
(c) Widow Lackitt's romantic interest in Welldon.
(d) Widow Lackitt's interest in adopting Welldon.

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

7. What does Blanford understand about Oroonoko in the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Why he is so angry.
(b) Why he is so pitiful.
(c) Why he is so sad.
(d) Why he is distrustful of white men.

8. What does the governor try to do to Imoinda at the beginning of Act II, Scene III?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Sleep with her.
(d) Hug her.

9. What does Welldon say he promised Lucy's dying father in Act II, Scene I to Widow Lackitt?
(a) To not marry until Lucy was married.
(b) To never marry anyone but Lucy.
(c) To marry at the same time as Lucy.
(d) To only marry for love.

10. What is Daniel content with, regarding Lucy, near the end of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Marrying and sleeping with Lucy.
(b) Providing for Lucy.
(c) Being a husband.
(d) Kissing Lucy.

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

12. Whom do we learn is interested in marrying the widow near the end of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Jack.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Blanford.

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

14. What relationship are Lucy and Welldon pretending to have in the first scene of the play?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Friends.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Couple.

15. 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 look like they are old are actually 21 or 22 years of age.
(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 are 21 or 22 years of age are never considered old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says Oroonoko will be treated nobly?

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

3. Who is the first speaker in Act I, Scene II?

4. What does Blanford vow to help Oroonoko do at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?

5. Who stands and stares at Oroonoko in Act I, Scene II?

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