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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the important symbol that appears as the characters head to the carnival?
(a) The rose.
(b) The rover.
(c) The mask.
(d) The secret note.

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

3. What do the Englishmen decide to do to pass the time and bolster their spirits after all the women depart from the street in front of Angellica's?
(a) Go drinking.
(b) Go pick a fight.
(c) Go sailing.
(d) Go to the carnival.

4. Why does Angellica think Willmore is dishonorable?
(a) She believes he wants to marry for money.
(b) He has stolen from Moretta.
(c) She believes he uses women for his own pleasure.
(d) He won't fight for her.

5. As he agrees to the duel, who does Don Antonio believe that the disguised Pedro really is?
(a) Frederic.
(b) Belvile.
(c) Sancho.
(d) Willmore.

6. Willmore urges Angellica to be governed by her love not ___________.
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Pride.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Heart.

7. Who is Florinda waiting for in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Belvile to give her a sign.
(b) Antonio to take her away.
(c) Belvile to take her away.
(d) Pedro to give her money.

8. Which of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Blunt's comment about being robbed by prostitutes.
(b) Frederic's comment that he hopes Luceta will teach Blunt a lesson.
(c) Pedro's comment that Florinda will find true love.
(d) Belvile's calling Willmore the rover.

9. Who does Hellena flirt with as they approach the carnival?
(a) Ned Blunt.
(b) Captain Belvile.
(c) Captain Willmore.
(d) Frederic.

10. What does Florinda intend to do at the carnival?
(a) Kiss her future husband.
(b) Give a note to Captain Belvile.
(c) Run away.
(d) Dance all night.

11. What does Blunt try to take from Angellica's after the Englishmen chase off Antonio and his men?
(a) The small picture of Angellica.
(b) The large picture of Angellica.
(c) Angellica's money.
(d) Angellica's jewels.

12. What comment does Pedro make as his servant tells him that Florinda is safe after the attack in the garden?
(a) Masquerading is a disgusting custom, leading to debauchery.
(b) He will get his final revenge on these men.
(c) Masquerading is a great custom, leading to interesting encounters.
(d) Drinking and fighting are disgusting habits, leading to debauchery.

13. Willmore is willing to pay any price to be with Angellica because she is_______.
(a) "dangerously beautiful."
(b) "truly lovely."
(c) "divinely powerful."
(d) "utterly alluring."

14. Where do Florinda and Belvile make arrangements to meet when they see each other at the carnival?
(a) That night at her house.
(b) The next morning at the garden gate.
(c) That night at the garden gate.
(d) The next morning at Belvile's house.

15. As they are flirting with each other out on the street, how does Florinda reveal her true identity to Belvile?
(a) Florinda gives Belvile back the ring he gave her.
(b) Florinda gives Belvile a picture of herself and then leaves.
(c) Florinda gives Belvile a good kick and then leaves.
(d) Florinda gives Belvile a kiss and then leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Willmore tell Hellena when she approaches from the shadows in the first scene of Act 3?

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

3. What does Angellica give to Willmore after Antonio and his men depart her house?

4. Florinda can't stand which of her possible suitors?

5. How do the men of the family treat Hellena and Florinda?

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