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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since when does the Second Merchant tell Angelo he has owed him during their conversation in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Pentecost.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Last year.
(d) Last month.

2. What does Antipholus of Ephesus instruct Dromio of Ephesus to purchase before approaching Angelo in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) A flower.
(b) A ring.
(c) A rope's end.
(d) A chain.

3. Finish the sentence: "Here's not a man I meet but doth salute me as if I were their well-acquainted friend; and every one doth call me by my _____."
(a) Honor.
(b) Duty.
(c) Name.
(d) Generosity.

4. Who is the first person to be threatened with arrest by the officer in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) The Second Merchant.
(b) Angelo.
(c) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(d) Dromio of Syracuse.

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

6. To whom does Dromio of Syracuse agree to go to at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Balthazar.
(b) Adriana.
(c) Luciana.
(d) Angelo.

7. Finish the sentence: "And in the instant that I met with you he had of me a chain: at five o'clock I shall receive the money for the _____."
(a) Flame.
(b) Same.
(c) Piece.
(d) Claim.

8. What does Dromio of Syracuse tell Antipholus of Ephesus that causes him to think Dromio is mad?
(a) Dinner with the Courtesan.
(b) The chain.
(c) About his booking their ship to Syracuse.
(d) The bail money.

9. 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.

10. What does Dromio of Syracuse have with him when he runs into Antipholus of Syracuse in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) A rope's end.
(b) The bail money.
(c) A ring.
(d) A chain.

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

12. What type of "limbo" does Dromio of Syracuse tell Adriana that Antipholus is in?
(a) Buxom.
(b) Tartar.
(c) Wild.
(d) Silly.

13. From where has Dromio of Syracuse found a ship in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Persia.
(b) Greece.
(c) Epidamnum.
(d) Corinth.

14. What does Dromio of Syracuse tell the women he has come to the house for in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) He needs a necklace.
(b) He needs money to bail out Antipholus.
(c) He needs a horse.
(d) He wants dinner.

15. Where does Dromio of Syracuse go when he leaves the house at the end of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) To the port.
(b) To bail out Antipholus.
(c) To the market.
(d) To the palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antipholus of Ephesus do when Dromio makes a joke about the bail money?

2. Who says, "Shame hath a bastard fame, well managed; ill d eeds are doubled with an evil word"?

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

4. Who is waiting on the street at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 4?

5. With whom does Adriana say she will speak with to get to the bottom of the confusion surrounding her husband in Act 4, Scene 4?

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