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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. What invigorates Celia and Rosalind out in the country?

2. What injured animal is Jaques crying over near the river?

3. What is the rest of the herd doing while the animal Jaques is crying over suffers from its injury?

4. To whom is Duke Frederick speaking to at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Celia upset with Rosalind at the end of Act 4, Scene I?

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

3. Why does Touchstone dislike the forest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the meaning behind the title "As You Like It"? Does is specifically link to any themes, symbolism or characters within the play? Does it have a loose meaning? Does it not have any meaning at all? Support your answer with specific examples and quotes from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Rosalind and Celia don disguises when they enter the Forest of Arden. Using these two characters, present a clear thesis for what these disguises represent within the play. Think about the context in which the play was written (i.e., Shakespeare's time). Do these disguises prove positive or negative for the characters who wear them? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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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