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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosalind persuade Celia to pretend to be?
(a) A minister.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A peasant.
(d) A jester.

2. Which marriage does the duke give his blessing to?
(a) Audrey and Touchstone's.
(b) Celia and Oliver's.
(c) Rosalind and Orlando's.
(d) Phebe and Silvius'.

3. With whom is Jaques at the beginning of Act IV, Scene 2?
(a) Duke Frederick's men.
(b) Corin and Touchstone.
(c) Duke Senior's men.
(d) Ganymede and Aliena.

4. What does Rosalind, disguised as Ganymede, call Phebe after she intervenes?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Vain.
(c) Young.
(d) Ugly.

5. When is Touchstone projected to get married at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) A week.
(b) The evening.
(c) Tomorrow.
(d) Two days.

6. For what does Ganymede berate Jaques when they encounter each other in the forest?
(a) Eavesdropping on conversations.
(b) Volunteering to walk Audrey down the aisle.
(c) Mentioning the court.
(d) His depressed attitude.

7. What does Touchstone do during his conversation with the man who enters?
(a) Shakes his hand.
(b) Kills him.
(c) Threatens him.
(d) Embraces him.

8. What does Touchstone criticize about the people who are singing?
(a) They cannot dance.
(b) They are not in tune.
(c) They do not know the words.
(d) They do not play their instruments well.

9. Who enters and has to have words with Touchstone in Act 5, Scene 1, after he speaks with Audrey?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Corin.
(c) Orlando.
(d) William.

10. Who decides to remain in the forest and live in Duke Senior's cave at the end of Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Touchstone.
(b) Celia and Oliver.
(c) Orlando and Rosalind.
(d) Jaques.

11. Whom does Touchstone ask to sing a song in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) A page.
(c) A logger.
(d) A milk maiden.

12. What does Touchstone do during his conversation to confuse the man?
(a) Dances around.
(b) Uses hand signals.
(c) Uses poetic language.
(d) Talks in riddles.

13. To where does Oliver say he brought Orlando after the encounter with the lion?
(a) The cottage.
(b) The nearby village.
(c) The court.
(d) Duke Senior's cave.

14. What does Rosalind think about Oliver at the end of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) That he is kinder than Orlando.
(b) That he is the opposite of Orlando.
(c) That he is a good person.
(d) That he tried to kill Orlando.

15. What is Jaques doing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Writing.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men sing about as they parade at the end of Act 4, Scene 2?

2. What does Jaques call Touchstone for getting married in the forest rather than in a church?

3. To what literary figure does Rosalind compare Oliver after he confesses his love for Aliena?

4. Who converts Duke Frederick in the forest while he's on the way to kill his brother?

5. What happens after Silvius declares his love for Phebe at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 5?

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