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

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

3. Whom does Oliver financially support instead of supporting Orlando?
(a) Adam.
(b) Charles.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Jaques.

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

5. Who is the father of Orlando and Oliver, who recently passed away?
(a) Duke Frederick.
(b) Duke Senior.
(c) Sir Rowland.
(d) Sir Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Jaques been avoiding Duke Senior?

2. What is Amiens doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5?

3. Where does Orlando intend to go once he leaves the estate?

4. Why does Duke Frederick want Rosalind and Celia to be found?

5. What does Duke Senior invite Orlando and Adam to do at the end of Act 2, Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Corin suggest that he and the girls should go watch Silvius and Phebe?

3. What does Rosalind ask of the men and women in the audience at the end of the play?

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

5. Why is Orlando reluctant to leave the court?

6. Why is Jaques crying over an injured deer in the forest?

7. Why does Oliver have a change of heart toward his brother, Orlando, in Act 4, Scene 3?

8. What does Duke Senior advise Orlando about while Orlando is trying to vanquish Duke Senior with a sword?

9. Why does Touchstone think marrying Audrey in the forest will be a benefit?

10. How is Adam feeling when he and Orlando reach the Forest of Arden at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 6?

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