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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to cheer up the ailing person in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Adam.
(b) Corin.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Amiens.

2. Who tells Corin that if he cannot remember the one time he fell in love, then he has never really been in love?
(a) Phebe.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Silvius.
(d) Touchstone.

3. What does Celia promise Rosalind will happen when her father, Duke Frederick, dies?
(a) Rosalind and Orlando will be allowed to marry.
(b) Rosalind's father's fortune will be restored.
(c) She will share her inheritance with Rosalind.
(d) Rosalind will be sent to the country to live with her father.

4. What does Orlando find in the forest?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Firewood.

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

6. What does Le Beau tell Orlando about Duke Frederick's feelings toward his niece, Rosalind?
(a) That they are changing.
(b) That he shares them, for Orlando.
(c) That Rosalind reciprocates.
(d) That they cannot be broken.

7. Who is not feeling well in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Adam.
(b) Corin.
(c) Amiens.
(d) Orlando.

8. Where do Rosalind and Celia plan to go?
(a) Kingdom of Andrew.
(b) Forest of Arden.
(c) Kingdom of Arden.
(d) Forest of Andrew.

9. How many crowns is Orlando left by his late father?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 2500.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 2,000.

10. Which attendant overhears Rosalind and Celia talking the night before they go missing?
(a) Touchstone.
(b) Adam.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Hisperia.

11. To what does Duke Senior compare life in exile?
(a) Married life.
(b) Life at court.
(c) Life as a pauper.
(d) Life in prison.

12. What does Duke Frederick call Oliver before sending him away?
(a) A villain.
(b) A thief.
(c) A good man.
(d) The devil.

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

14. Where is Duke Senior at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) On a horse heading toward the court.
(b) Forest of Arden.
(c) Outside the kingdom walls.
(d) The mountains.

15. Why does Duke Frederick want Rosalind and Celia to be found?
(a) He feels betrayed.
(b) He fears for their safety.
(c) He misses them.
(d) He needs their guidance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosalind confide in to Celia at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

2. Where is Orlando at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

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

4. Whom does Rosalind think she and Celia should bring with them?

5. To whom is Duke Frederick speaking to at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

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