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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sum of money does Antipholus of Syracuse mention in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) 500 pounds of silver.
(b) 1,000 marks of gold.
(c) 200 marks of bronze.
(d) 300 pounds of gold.

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

4. What does Dromio of Ephesus claim his master is late for when he approaches Antipholus of Syracuse in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Dinner with a friend.
(b) Dinner with his wife.
(c) A meeting.
(d) Work.

5. Finish the sentence: "Say that I linger'd with you at your shop to see the making of her ______."
(a) Mild.
(b) Willing.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Carcanet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dromio of Syracuse say one should not drop their money in during Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What is the name of the establishment that Antipholus of Ephesus decides to take his friends to for dinner?

3. Who interrupts the conversation between Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. What does Antipholus of Syracuse give to Dromio of Syracuse to take to an inn?

5. What is the name of Egeon's long lost wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Antipholus of Ephesus say in protest to his arrest in Act 4, Scene 4?

2. How does Luce treat Antipholus of Ephesus and his friends in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What does the Duke say to Egion just before allowing him to plead his case in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What does Dromio of Ephesus tell Adriana and Luciana when he returns home in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. Why does Antipholus of Syracuse send Dromio of Syracuse to an inn in Act 1, Scene 2?

6. What happened to Egion and his family on their journey home to Syracuse, according to his story in Act 1, Scene 1?

7. How does Antipholus of Syracuse tell Luciana he feels about her?

8. Why is Antipholus of Ephesus arrested in Act 4, Scene 1?

9. How does Luciana describe Antipholus' advances to her in Act 4, Scene 2?

10. What does Antipholus of Ephesus tell his friends he will do to get back at his wife for locking him out of the house at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

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