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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. When the men find Jaques, what is he doing with the injured animal?
(a) Trying to mend the animal's injury.
(b) Putting the animal out of its misery.
(c) Comparing its fate to his own.
(d) Writing a poem about the animal.

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

3. What is Duke Frederick questioning his company about in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Orlando's whereabouts.
(b) Rosalind and Celia's whereabouts.
(c) If Sir Rowland is really dead.
(d) Duke Senior's status.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orlando happens upon Duke Senior and his men, how does he try to take food from them?

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

3. How does Amiens feels at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5?

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

5. What does Orlando find in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Rosalind and Celia feel once they enter the Forest of Arden?

2. What is the preamble to Rosalind unveiling her true female identity in Act 5, Scene 4?

3. What do Jaques and Orlando argue about in Act 3, Scene 2?

4. How does Celia try to cheer up Rosalind, who is depressed about her father's banishment?

5. What is the song about that the men sing on their way to Duke Senior in Act 4, Scene 2?

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

7. What leads Duke Frederick to believe that the girls are with Orlando?

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

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

10. Why does Le Beau tell Orlando to leave immediately after the wrestling match?

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