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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. Who is being kept at court as a companion to Celia, Duke Frederick's daughter?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Adam.
(d) Rosalind.

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

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

4. Where do Duke Frederick's men claim to have seen Rosalind and Celia the night before?
(a) In the court.
(b) On the drawbridge.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In bed.

5. For what reason does Oliver hate his brother, Orlando?
(a) Orlando is better-looking.
(b) Orlando is stronger.
(c) Orlando is like his father.
(d) Orlando is smarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phebe feel about the feelings of love professed to her?

2. What does Amiens do so that Jaques will not feel depressed?

3. What does Orlando find in the forest?

4. Why does Celia choose the name Aliena as her disguise name?

5. To what does Duke Senior compare Jaques at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rosalind come to first speak with Orlando?

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

3. How does Jaques liken the injured deer to life at court?

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

5. What are the stipulations Duke Frederick gives Oliver in the event that he does not find Orlando?

6. Why does Jaques not want to speak with Duke Senior in Act 2, Scene 5?

7. Why does Charles the Wrestler tell Oliver that Orlando has decided to wrestle?

8. 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?

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

10. For what reason does Oliver claim to hate Orlando at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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