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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Orlando end up doing to Charles?
(a) Knocks him out.
(b) Kills him.
(c) Breaks his jaw.
(d) Lets him win.

2. Why does Corin not remember the one time that he fell in love?
(a) He never was in love.
(b) He is old.
(c) It is too painful to remember.
(d) He has amnesia.

3. Where do Duke Frederick's men claim to have seen Rosalind and Celia the night before?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the court.
(c) On the drawbridge.
(d) In bed.

4. To whom is Duke Frederick speaking to at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Men at court.
(b) Charles.
(c) Celia.
(d) Rosalind.

5. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Forest of Arden.
(b) Arden village.
(c) A carriage.
(d) Court.

6. What is Duke Frederick's plan to find the group and use Oliver to do it an example of?
(a) Greed and vanity.
(b) Peril of the court.
(c) Lying and deceit.
(d) Simplicity of country life.

7. What does Charles ask Oliver to do about Orlando?
(a) To kill him.
(b) To give him his inheritance.
(c) To talk him out of the match.
(d) To send him to the country.

8. What does Oliver insist to Duke Frederick at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) He has captured Orlando.
(b) He has not killed Orlando.
(c) He has not seen Orlando.
(d) He has not injured Orlando.

9. How do Rosalind and Celia feel after their trip?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Joyful.

10. Why has Jaques been avoiding Duke Senior?
(a) Jaques is afraid of Duke Senior.
(b) Duke Senior is too argumentative.
(c) He reminds him of court too much.
(d) Duke senior wants him out of the forest.

11. Who is professing love for Phebe?
(a) Touchstone.
(b) Duke Senior.
(c) Corin.
(d) Silvius.

12. Where does Orlando intend to go once he leaves the estate?
(a) Arden Mountains.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) To the next kingdom.
(d) To his brother.

13. With what does Celia intend to pay for the property?
(a) Gold.
(b) Pearls.
(c) Her inheritance.
(d) Jewels.

14. Who is Orlando talking to in the orchard at the opening of the play?
(a) Adam.
(b) His father.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Jaques.

15. What is Duke Frederick questioning his company about in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Orlando's whereabouts.
(b) Rosalind and Celia's whereabouts.
(c) Duke Senior's status.
(d) If Sir Rowland is really dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is being kept at court as a companion to Celia, Duke Frederick's daughter?

2. What does Act 2, Scene 2 contrast?

3. What does Duke Senior tell his company about life in exile?

4. What does Rosalind point out to Celia to make her understand why she feels the way she does about Orlando?

5. Who meets Orlando in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

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