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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 asks Corin for food?

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

3. What were Sir Rowland and Duke Frederick when Sir Rowland was still alive?

4. What does Celia promise Rosalind will happen when her father, Duke Frederick, dies?

5. What does Rosalind confide in to Celia at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Touchstone dislike the forest?

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

3. How does Rosalind come to first speak with Orlando?

4. Why does Adam offer his company to Orlando and to leave court life for the forest?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Phebe agree to conditionally marry Silvius at the end of Act 5, Scene 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Rosalind and Celia choose the names "Ganymede" and "Celia" as their aliases when in disguise. What is the meaning behind these names? Why do they choose these specific names? What is the significance of these names in "As You Like It"? Use quotes and information from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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