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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who stands and stares at Oroonoko in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) The Planters.
(c) The other slaves.
(d) Blanford.

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

4. In Act II, Scene III, who comes to attack the plantations near the end of the entertainment?
(a) Planters.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Indians.

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

6. What new name does Blanford suggest Oroonoko take?
(a) Prince.
(b) Caeser.
(c) Welldon.
(d) Julius.

7. What subject does the widow bring up with Welldon at the beginning of Act II, Scene I?
(a) Marriage to him.
(b) Marriage to Jack.
(c) Lucy's marriage to the Captain.
(d) Lucy's marriage to her son.

8. Why does the Lieutenant Governor summon Blanford and Oroonoko in Act II, Scene II?
(a) He wants Oroonoko to entertain him.
(b) He wants Oroonoko to do some work for him.
(c) He wants Oroonoko's opinion of his mistress.
(d) He wants Oroonoko's opinion on politics.

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

10. Who is Imoinda?
(a) Oroonoko's wife.
(b) Oroonoko's sister.
(c) Oroonoko's mother.
(d) Oroonoko's step-mother.

11. 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) "...how do you think I can go to bed to a Woman I don't know?
(c) "...my Mother is always shaming one before company."
(d) "Why, pray, may I?"

12. Where is Lucy and Welldon's original home?
(a) Surinam.
(b) America.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

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

14. For what purpose have Lucy and Welldon left their original home?
(a) To husband hunt.
(b) To capture a slave.
(c) To make a forture.
(d) To trick old women.

15. 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 hates him.
(d) He says Lucy loves him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Act II, Scene I?

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

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

5. Why is Oroonoko so elated at the end of Act II, Scene III?

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