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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way do Egeon and his family try and keep themselves on the ship?
(a) Went underboard.
(b) Hid under the life rafts.
(c) Offer money.
(d) Tied themselves to the mast.

2. Who is not waiting with Antipholus of Ephesus at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Luce.
(b) Balthazar.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Dromio of Ephesus.

3. Finish the sentence: "Be it my wrong you are from me exempt, but wrong not that wrong with a more _______."
(a) Contempt.
(b) Attempt.
(c) Mind.
(d) Heart.

4. Who says, "The plainer dealer, the sooner lost: yet he loseth it in a kind of jollity"?
(a) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(b) Dromio of Ephesus.
(c) Dromio of Syracuse.
(d) Antipholus of Ephesus.

5. What is the name of Antipholus of Ephesus' wife?
(a) Luciana.
(b) Mary.
(c) Adriana.
(d) Emilia.

6. Who does Dromio of Ephesus tell Antipholus of Syracuse is waiting on him at his home?
(a) His wife and her sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

8. With whom does Antipholus of Ephesus tell his friends they will meet for dinner at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A Courtesan.
(b) The FIrst Merchant.
(c) The Second Merchant.
(d) Egeon.

9. What areas does Egeon tell the Duke he traveled through before coming to Ephesus?
(a) Greece and France.
(b) Africa and Italy.
(c) Africa and Asia.
(d) Greece and Asia.

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

11. Finish the sentence: "We being strangers here, how darest thou trust so great a charge from thine own ______."
(a) Custody.
(b) Insurance.
(c) Life.
(d) Home.

12. What is the name of the establishment that Antipholus of Ephesus decides to take his friends to for dinner?
(a) The Centaur.
(b) The Tiger.
(c) The Blue Monkey.
(d) The Porpentine.

13. Where does Egeon tell the Duke he is from?
(a) Epidamnum.
(b) Greece.
(c) Syracuse.
(d) Asia.

14. Who does Antipholus of Ephesus complain is shrewish at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) His wife's sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) The Courtesan.
(d) His mother.

15. Who says, "Say what you will, sir, but I know what I know; that you beat me at the mart, I have your hand to show"?
(a) Balthazar.
(b) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Dromio of Ephesus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Finish the sentence: "And he will bless that cross with other beating: between you I shall have a holy _____."

4. Who says, "Many a man would take you at your word, and go indeed, having so good a mean"?

5. Who says, "Ay, ay, he told his mind upon mine ear: Beshrew his hand, I scarce could understand it"?

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