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

2. What does Rosalind confide in to Celia at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Her attraction to Orlando.
(b) That she despises Duke Frederick.
(c) Her revenge plot for Duke Frederick.
(d) How much she misses her father.

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

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

5. Whom does Duke Frederick summon after hearing about Rosalind and Celia's disappearance?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Charles.
(c) Duke Senior.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What depresses Rosalind at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Which attendant overhears Rosalind and Celia talking the night before they go missing?

3. When Le Beau tell Orlando to leave, what does he tell him he is not going to receive?

4. Where do Orlando and his traveling companion go the end of Act 2, Scene 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story about the seven seasons of man's life that Jaques tells the men at the end of Act 2, Scene 7?

2. Why does Touchstone dislike the forest?

3. What does Amiens say about Duke Senior's attitude in the country?

4. What does Duke Senior say to his men about life in the Forest of Arden?

5. Why does Duke Frederick call Oliver a villain?

6. How does Oliver prove to Orlando that his love for Aliena is true love?

7. What does Orlando do for Adam while he rests?

8. Why does Rosalind compare Orlando's love for her to that of a snail?

9. What news does Oliver and Orlando's youngest brother give them about Duke Frederick?

10. Why does Adam meet Orlando in the courtyard and order him to leave?

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