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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the play opens, who is about to go to a convent?
(a) Florinda.
(b) Callis.
(c) Hellena.
(d) Valeria.

2. Many of the characters behave according to what standard?
(a) The rules of the land.
(b) The rules of the church.
(c) The king's commands.
(d) What they want to believe instead of what is actually in front of them.

3. The three couples in The Rover will struggle in what way?
(a) To have children.
(b) To move to America.
(c) To live the way they want instead of what society wants.
(d) To live well beyond their means.

4. At the beginning of the play, who has been banished, penniless from his homeland?
(a) Don Pedro.
(b) Captain Belvile.
(c) Don Vicentio.
(d) Don Antonio.

5. What is unusual about the three couples at the center of the play?
(a) They are children.
(b) They are all circus performers.
(c) Two of the couples involve the same woman.
(d) Two of the couples involve the same man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following characters is NOT interested in marrying Florinda?

2. What does Hellena intend to find at the carnival?

3. What does Florinda intend to do at the carnival?

4. The Rover contrasts what two things?

5. Which suitor does Florinda's father hope she will marry?

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