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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Besides this present instance of his rage, is a mad tale he told to-day at dinner, of his own doors being shut against his entrance"?
(a) The Courtesan.
(b) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Dromio of Syracuse.

2. Who says, "The fellow is distract, and so am I; and here we wander in illusions: some blessed power deliver us from hence"?
(a) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(b) Angelo.
(c) Dromio of Ephesus.
(d) The Second Merchant.

3. Finish the sentence: "Ay, sir, the sergeant of the band, he that brings any man to answer it that breaks his ____."
(a) Hand.
(b) Man.
(c) Land.
(d) Band.

4. What causes Dormio of Syracuse to express confusion in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) He doesn't know where he is.
(b) He can't find his belongings.
(c) He discovered a woman at the house had claimed him.
(d) He has lost his ring.

5. What does Antipholus of Syracuse offer to do after Angelo gives him the item in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) To go home with him.
(b) To dine with him.
(c) To give him a ride.
(d) To pay him.

6. What does Luciana say is the only reason Antipholus married her sister in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Her money.
(b) Her home.
(c) Her looks.
(d) Her family.

7. Whose physical attributes are compared to a map of the world in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Angelo's.
(b) Adriana.
(c) Luce.
(d) Luciana.

8. What does Dromio of Ephesus arrive with to give to Antipholus of Ephesus at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) The bail money.
(b) A rope's end.
(c) A ring.
(d) A chain.

9. Who says, "I cannot, nor I will not, hold me still; my tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will"?
(a) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(b) Adriana.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Luciana.

10. Which two characters are conversing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Adriana and Dromio of Ephesus.
(b) Adriana and Luciana.
(c) Adriana and Luce.
(d) Luciana and Dromio of Ephesus.

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

12. 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"?
(a) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(b) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(c) Dromio of Syracuse.
(d) Dromio of Ephesus.

13. What is Angelo prepared to give Antipholus of Ephesus when he approaches him in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) A bill for the chain.
(b) A ring.
(c) Some papers.
(d) A flower.

14. What does Adriana question the officer about after Antipholus of Ephesus is taken off by the conjuror?
(a) His infidelity.
(b) His jail sentence.
(c) The nature of his debt.
(d) His possessions.

15. Who does Adriana become angry with after learning of Antipholus' advances on Luciana?
(a) Herself.
(b) Antipholus.
(c) Luciana.
(d) Dromio.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 3, Scene 2, why does Angelo NOT bring the item he gives to Antipholus of Syracuse to the restaurant as originally planned?

2. What does Angelo tell the Second Merchant he is owed payment for in Act 4, Scene 1?

3. What does the conjuror offer to do if the officer lets Antipholus go in Act 4, Scene 4?

4. Where does the Courtesan decide to go at the end of Act 4, Scene 3?

5. Why does Antipholus of Syracuse send Dromio of Syracuse off in Act 3, Scene 2?

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