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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, my woes end likewise with the evening sun"?
(a) Egeon.
(b) The Duke's attendant.
(c) The Duke's officer.
(d) The Duke.

2. Finish the sentence: "We being strangers here, how darest thou trust so great a charge from thine own ______."
(a) Home.
(b) Insurance.
(c) Life.
(d) Custody.

3. Where does Antipholus of Syracuse decide to go at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The Porpentine.
(b) The Centaur.
(c) Antipholus of Ephesus' house.
(d) The Tiger.

4. When does Egeon have to pay his ransom by to avoid execution?
(a) One month.
(b) In a week.
(c) By sunset.
(d) In two days.

5. Where does Egeon tell the Duke he is from?
(a) Epidamnum.
(b) Syracuse.
(c) Greece.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dormio of Syracuse and the female servant mistake Antipholus of Ephesus and his friends for near the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

2. Who interrupts the conversation between Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Finish the sentence: "Husband, I'll dine above with you to-day and shrive you of a thousand idle _____."

4. Who says, "Fie, how impatience loureth in your face!"?

5. What caused Egeon and his family to abandon the ship carrying them home according to his story in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Dromio of Syracuse and Antipholus of Syracuse's discussion near the end of Act 3, Scene 2?

2. How does Luciana describe Antipholus' advances to her in Act 4, Scene 2?

3. How does Adriana react when Dromio of Syracuse asks for bail money?

4. What does Pinch ask of the officer in regards to Antipholus of Ephesus in Act 4, Scene 4?

5. Describe the interaction between Angelo and the Second Merchant at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 1.

6. Why is Antipholus of Syracuse perplexed at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

7. Describe the exchange between Antipholus of Syracuse and Angelo at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1.

8. What does the Courtesan wonder aloud about at the end of Act 4, Scene 3?

9. What excuse does Luciana give Adriana regarding her husband's tardiness in Act 2, Scene 1?

10. Why does Antipholus of Syracuse send Dromio of Syracuse to an inn in Act 1, Scene 2?

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