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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. How many crowns is Orlando left by his late father?

2. What does Celia wish she could do when Rosalind is dismissed from the court?

3. What of Orlando's is being threatened in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Where is Duke Senior at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. How much time does Duke Frederick give Oliver to find his brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Rosalind tell Celia not to pity Silvius when he finds out that Phebe's letter to Ganymede is a love letter?

6. What does Jaques suggest that Duke Senior's men do while they are hunting?

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

8. How does Oliver prove to Orlando that his love for Aliena is true love?

9. Why is Rosalind kept at court after her father, Duke Senior, is banished to the forest?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Shakespeare attempting to empower his contemporary woman with the characters of Rosalind and Ganymede, or was he trying to expose female stereotypes? Use these two characters as the support for your response to this question. What scenes within the play show that the women are supporting your stance for this argument? Use your knowledge of Shakespearean time to deduce how Shakespeare wanted this question answered and, hence, wanted the women interpreted.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in the play are linked either through blood or family relationships. Using the characters in the play and their lineage and connections to one another, write an explication of the relations within the play. Who is the daughter/son of whom? Who are enemies? Who are siblings? Who are related? Who loves whom? Who hates whom? Your essay must be flawless in terms of how you relate each character to one another.

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