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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first speaker in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Governor.
(b) Captain.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Widow.

2. Who is the Royal Slave whom Stanmore mentions near the end of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Imoinda.
(b) Clemene.
(c) Oroonoko.
(d) King of Angola.

3. What does Blanford vow to do?
(a) Serve the Governor.
(b) Serve the Captain.
(c) Serve Oroonoko.
(d) Serve Welldon.

4. Who says Oroonoko will be treated nobly?
(a) Governor.
(b) Captain.
(c) Blanford.
(d) Stanmore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character we are introduced to in the beginning of the play?

2. Who is Welldon?

3. To whom does Welldon mention his sister to in Act I, Scene II in terms of marriage?

4. What does Daniel make his mother promise near the end of Act II, Scene I?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the interaction between Lucy and Daniel, and Daniel's attitude towards marrying her.

2. How does Blanford defend Clemene? What does this show us about him?

3. Describe Daniel's character.

4. In Act I, Scene I, what does Stanmore offer to Welldon and why?

5. Where are the two sisters living and how is this an advantage for them?

6. Oroonoko says: "Give me a Sword and I'll deserve your trust" in Act II, Scene III. How does he support his statement?

7. What is an allusion and what allusion is made in Act I, Scene II?

8. What does Blanford try to assure Oroonoko of in Act II, Scene II?

9. Why did Lucy and Welldon leave London and come to Surinam?

10. In Act I, Scene I, who is disguised as a man and why?

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