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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. The Rover was first performed on stage in what year?
(a) 1677.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1777.

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

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

4. Why is the playwright speaking in the prologue as a man?
(a) The audience is always just men.
(b) The play was written by a man.
(c) The audience prefers a male playwright over a female.
(d) The audience is deaf.

5. What is the typical role of a woman at the time the play was written?
(a) To travel in singing troupes.
(b) To be seen and not heard.
(c) To run the local government only.
(d) To sell their bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hellena flirt with as they approach the carnival?

2. Why does Behn choose to have a male playwright to speak in the Prologue?

3. What is the important symbol that appears as the characters head to the carnival?

4. What is the general attitude of men toward women in the scene at the beginning of the carnival?

5. The Rover contrasts what two things?

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