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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 is the name of Egeon's long lost wife?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Luciana.
(c) Mary.
(d) Adriana.

2. What does Dromio of Ephesus claim his master is late for when he approaches Antipholus of Syracuse in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Work.
(b) A meeting.
(c) Dinner with his wife.
(d) Dinner with a friend.

3. What caused Egeon and his family to abandon the ship carrying them home according to his story in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) They were made to abandon ship by the crew.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) An attack.
(d) The crew had become sick.

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

5. What is the name of the inn Antipholus of Syracuse is staying at in Ephesus?
(a) The Porpentine.
(b) The River.
(c) The Tiger.
(d) The Centaur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "What, wilt thou flout me thus unto my face, being forbid? There, take you that, sir knave"?

2. Finish the sentence: "We being strangers here, how darest thou trust so great a charge from thine own ______."

3. Who says, "Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, my woes end likewise with the evening sun"?

4. Where does the First Merchant tell Antipholus of Syracuse he should pretend to be from at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. In what setting does Act 1, Scene 1 take place?

(see the answer key)

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