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

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

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

4. What does Duke Senior tell his company he wants to do?
(a) Garden.
(b) Sew.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else do the men claim is missing in the morning?

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

3. What does Oliver do when Orlando demands that Oliver give him the money that was left by their father?

4. Who is not feeling well in Act 2, Scene 6?

5. Who gives Orlando some traveling money once he leaves the estate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Adam offer his company to Orlando and to leave court life for the forest?

3. Why does Rosalind tell Celia not to pity Silvius when he finds out that Phebe's letter to Ganymede is a love letter?

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

5. What does Touchstone talk about with William at the end of Act 5, Scene 1?

6. How does Touchstone get Audrey to agree to marry him?

7. Why do Rosalind and Celia decide to wear disguises to the Forest of Arden?

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

9. What is one reason Rosalind gives for why she has an attraction to Orlando?

10. Why does Duke Frederick call Oliver a villain?

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