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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. Who is the father of Orlando and Oliver, who recently passed away?

2. Who asks Corin for food?

3. What does Duke Frederick call Oliver before sending him away?

4. Whose estate is Orlando in at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

5. Whom does Oliver financially support instead of supporting Orlando?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rosalind find out about Orlando's feelings for her?

2. Why does Jaques encourage Amiens to continue singing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5?

3. Why does Corin suggest that he and the girls should go watch Silvius and Phebe?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Duke Frederick banish Rosalind from the city so suddenly?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Within "As You Like It" there are two kinds of love: true love and lust love. Between the four couples that wed at the end of the play, decide which fall in the category of true love and which fall within the category of lust love. Try defining either within the context Shakespeare sets up. How do each of these couples fall within their respective category? What else within the text supports the couples' designated category? Use specific examples and quotes from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

There are many role changes within "As You Like It," and some involve the social ladder. What role change within the play shows the reader an interchange of social status? Who are the characters and how is the change shown? Why does Shakespeare include this role change? Use specific examples and quotes from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Touchstone plays a fool within the constructs of court. Once he leaves for the Forest of Arden, he feels like an even bigger fool and in a negative way, as opposed to his designated role as a fool at court. Using scenes and quotes within the play, show the difference between the role of fool Touchstone plays at court and the role of fool he plays in the forest. What are the differences between the two in the reader's eye? In Shakespeare's eye? In Touchstone's eye? Which fool role does Touchstone ultimately fulfill?

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