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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 Blunt walks away from the carnival to follow Lucetta, what do his friends comment about him?
(a) He is a great guy.
(b) He has all their money.
(c) He has no money with him.
(d) He was a war hero.

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

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

4. What was unusual about the author of this play?
(a) The author grew orchids as a hobby.
(b) The author was only 11 years old.
(c) The author was a 90 year old man.
(d) The author was a woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the playwright want to say anything to welcome the audience?

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

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

4. At the beginning of the play, who has been banished, penniless from his homeland?

5. As Pedro leaves the first scene, what does he tell the maid Callis to do?

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