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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who says, "To yield possession to my holy prayers and to thy state of darkness hie thee straight"?
(a) The officer.
(b) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(c) Adriana.
(d) The conjuror.

7. What does Antipholus of Syracuse say the Courtesan is after she approaches him in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) A lamb.
(b) Satan.
(c) An angel.
(d) Lucifer.

8. 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 Ephesus.
(b) Dromio of Syracuse.
(c) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(d) Dromio of Ephesus.

9. What does Angelo give to Antipholus of Syracuse when he enters the house in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) A ring.
(b) A rope.
(c) A watch.
(d) A chain.

10. What does Antipholus of Syracuse say he wants Luciana to teach him?
(a) How to think and speak.
(b) How to think.
(c) How to love.
(d) How to speak.

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

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

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

14. Where does the Second Merchant tell Angelo he is about to travel to during their conversation in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Persia.
(b) Asia.
(c) Africa.
(d) Greece.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Call thyself sister, sweet, for I am thee"?

2. Where does Antipholus of Syracuse send Dromio of Syracuse off to in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. Where does Dromio of Syracuse go when he leaves the house at the end of Act 4, Scene 2?

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

5. Who says, "But, sirrah, you shall buy this sport as dear as all the metal in your shop will answer"?

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