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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Duke Senior invite Orlando and Adam to do at the end of Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Go to court.
(b) Go to the beach.
(c) Join the group.
(d) Go to a party.

2. Who meets Orlando in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Charles.
(b) Duke Frederick.
(c) Adam.
(d) Rosalind.

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

4. How much time does Duke Frederick give Oliver to find his brother?
(a) One year.
(b) A week.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

5. What does Duke Frederick order Rosalind to do when he finds the girls in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Find her father and bring him back.
(b) Orders her out of the city.
(c) Work as a servant.
(d) Bow to himself and Celia.

6. What of Orlando's is being threatened in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) His safety.
(b) His house.
(c) His peace of mind.
(d) His horse.

7. How does the scene that contrasts Act 2, Scene 2 accomplish its contrast?
(a) There are no wrestling matches in the forest.
(b) It has the female characters.
(c) It shows the peace of country life.
(d) Jaques analogy.

8. What does Jaques tell the men the world is after Orlando leaves to find Adam?
(a) A dump.
(b) A waiting room.
(c) A stage.
(d) A bore.

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

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

11. Who is the only member of the group to miss the court?
(a) Rosalind.
(b) Celia.
(c) Jaques.
(d) Touchstone.

12. When the men find Jaques, what is he doing with the injured animal?
(a) Trying to mend the animal's injury.
(b) Putting the animal out of its misery.
(c) Writing a poem about the animal.
(d) Comparing its fate to his own.

13. Whose property does Celia negotiate to buy from Corin?
(a) His sister's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) His servant's.
(d) His master's.

14. What does Duke Senior tell Orlando is the best way to get what he wants, which astonishes Orlando?
(a) By being polite.
(b) By lying.
(c) By telling riddles.
(d) By trading.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else is with Duke Senior and dressed like foresters?

2. How does Rosalind act, to Celia's surprise, toward what she confides in Celia?

3. As Orlando prepares to leave the estate, what resources does he have?

4. What does Orlando's visitor warn Orlando that he must do?

5. What does Celia wish she could do when Rosalind is dismissed from the court?

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