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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Duke Frederick's plan to find the group and use Oliver to do it an example of?

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

4. To what does Duke Senior compare life in exile?

5. Where do Duke Frederick's men claim to have seen Rosalind and Celia the night before?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Touchstone call the singers in Act 5, Scene 3, foolish?

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

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

4. How does Orlando get himself out of the court?

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

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

7. How does Phebe get Silvius to deliver her love letter to Ganymede at the end of Act 3, Scene 5?

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

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

10. Why does Celia decide to name herself Aliena while in disguise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jaques discusses the seven stages of a man's life with Duke Senior's men in the forest. Explain Jaques' dissertation on the seven stages and how they directly apply to Shakespeare's contemporary time. Could this possibly be Shakespeare's own doctrine that he is inserting into the play? Use specific examples and quotes from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Rosalind proposes questions to the audience at the play's end and invites them to clap in response to those questions. Her final comment involves kissing the men in the audience, but only if she were a woman. Deconstruct the Epilogue and write a clear thesis for what you believe its purpose within the play is. Does the Epilogue suggest that the audience continue thinking about gender roles? Is it a comical end to the play? Is Rosalind simply gathering applause from the audience? Support your answer with specific examples and quotes from "As You Like It."

Essay Topic 3

Jaques is found crying over an injured deer in the forest and uses the deer and its herd as a metaphor for city life at court. Explain life at court through use of Jaques' metaphor. Explain what the deer, the injury and the herd represent. Decide to support or argue against this metaphor.

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