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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duke tell Egeon he wishes he could reverse, but cannot?
(a) Egeon's son being lost.
(b) Egeon's ransom amount.
(c) Egeon's execution.
(d) Egeon's misfortune in losing his family.

2. What caused Egeon and his family to become separated according to his story in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A wave knocked them over.
(b) The crew separated them.
(c) The ship hit a rock.
(d) The ship struck an iceberg.

3. Who says, "Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, my woes end likewise with the evening sun"?
(a) The Duke's officer.
(b) Egeon.
(c) The Duke.
(d) The Duke's attendant.

4. Who is the first to speak in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The Second Merchant.
(b) The First Merchant.
(c) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(d) Angelo.

5. Who says, "Many a man would take you at your word, and go indeed, having so good a mean"?
(a) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(b) Dromio of Syracuse.
(c) Dromio of Ephesus.
(d) Antipholus of Syracuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antipholus of Syracuse question Dromio of Ephesus about in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Finish the sentence: "They say this town is full of cozenage, as, nimble jugglers that deceive the ____."

3. What profession does Egeon tell the Duke he once had?

4. From where did Egeon say the boat was that rescued his wife and one of his sons?

5. Finish the sentence: "Whom whilst I labour'd of a love to see, I hazarded the loss of whom I ____."

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