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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antipholus of Syracuse ask Dromio of Syracuse about when he runs into him in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) If he has bail money.
(b) If he has the chain.
(c) If he has a ring.
(d) If he has found a ship to take them home.

2. Finish the sentence: "Belike you thought our love would last too long, if it were chain'd together, and therefore came ____."
(a) Not.
(b) Awry.
(c) Apart.
(d) Undone.

3. Where does Act 4, Scene 2 take place?
(a) Antipholus of Ephesus' house.
(b) The Tiger.
(c) The palace.
(d) The market.

4. What does Luciana confess at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) That she loves Antipholus.
(b) That she loves Dromio.
(c) That Antipholus made advances on her.
(d) That Dromio beat her.

5. Where does Antipholus of Syracuse say he must go at the end of Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) The Porpentine.
(b) The harbor.
(c) The Tiger.
(d) The Centaur.

6. What does Angelo tell the Second Merchant he is owed payment for in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) A piece of clothing.
(b) A book.
(c) A ring.
(d) The chain.

7. Finish the sentence: "It was two ere I left him, and now the clock strikes ___."
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

8. Finish the sentence: "Nay, 'tis for me to be patient; I am in ______."
(a) Trouble.
(b) Adversity.
(c) Calm.
(d) Silence.

9. Who is arrested in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Balthazar.
(b) Angelo.
(c) Dromio of Ephesus.
(d) Antipholus of Ephesus.

10. What does Antipholus of Ephesus do when Dromio makes a joke about the bail money?
(a) Cries.
(b) Screams at the officer.
(c) Beats Dromio.
(d) Yells at Dromio.

11. Who says, "But, sirrah, you shall buy this sport as dear as all the metal in your shop will answer"?
(a) Angelo.
(b) The Second Merchant.
(c) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(d) Dromio of Syracuse.

12. Why does Antipholus of Syracuse send Dromio of Syracuse off in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) He wants him to bring his belongings to the house.
(b) He wants him to pick up a necklace.
(c) He wishes to leave Ephesus on a boat.
(d) He needs some money.

13. Finish the sentence: "Marry sir, such claim as you would lay to your horse; and she would have me as a _____."
(a) Beast.
(b) Course.
(c) Man.
(d) Tart.

14. In Act 3, Scene 2, why does Angelo NOT bring the item he gives to Antipholus of Syracuse to the restaurant as originally planned?
(a) The item was unfinished, which made him late.
(b) He misplaced his ride.
(c) He got caught up with a customer.
(d) He lost the item.

15. Which of the following characters does NOT enter the scene after the confrontation between Antipholus of Ephesus and Dromio of Ephesus?
(a) Luciana.
(b) The Courtesan.
(c) Adriana.
(d) A servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Not that Adam that kept the Paradise but that Adam that keeps the prison: he that goes in the calf's skin that was killed for the Prodigal"?

2. Who fetches the item that Dromio of Syracuse requests in Act 4, Scene 2?

3. Who is the first person to be threatened with arrest by the officer in Act 4, Scene 1?

4. Which character wishes to flee Ephesus at the end of Act 4, Scene 4?

5. What is Antipholus of Syracuse musing about at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?

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