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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. Who asks, "Why should their liberty than ours be more"?
(a) Adriana.
(b) Dromio of Ephesus.
(c) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(d) Luciana.

2. What does Antipholus of Syracuse do to Dromio of Ephesus after he begins talking about Antipholus' wife in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Laughs at him.
(b) Beats him.
(c) Makes fun of him.
(d) Yells at him.

3. What does Luciana say Antipholus of Ephesus' is "the bridle" of?
(a) Good deeds.
(b) Love.
(c) Will.
(d) Family.

4. Who says, "Fie, how impatience loureth in your face!"?
(a) Luce.
(b) Adriana.
(c) Dromio of Ephesus.
(d) Luciana.

5. What is the name of the establishment that Antipholus of Ephesus decides to take his friends to for dinner?
(a) The Blue Monkey.
(b) The Porpentine.
(c) The Centaur.
(d) The Tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the sentence: "And he will bless that cross with other beating: between you I shall have a holy _____."

2. Who says, "Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, my woes end likewise with the evening sun"?

3. What caused Egeon and his family to abandon the ship carrying them home according to his story in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Who says, "The plainer dealer, the sooner lost: yet he loseth it in a kind of jollity"?

5. Who says, "I did not see you since you sent me hence, home to the Centaur, with the gold you gave me"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the exchange between Antipholus of Syracuse and Angelo at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1.

2. Describe the interaction between Angelo and the Second Merchant at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 1.

3. What excuse does Luciana give Adriana regarding her husband's tardiness in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Why do Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse decide to go home with Adriana at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

5. How does Antipholus of Syracuse react after Dromio of Syracuse denies having had a conversation with him regarding him money in Act 2, Scene 1?

6. What is the nature of the conversation between the Abbess and Adriana in Act 5, Scene 1?

7. How does Adriana react after learning that her husband made advances on her sister?

8. What does Antipholus of Ephesus send Dromio of Syracuse to do at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?

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

10. What does Adriana say to the Duke in Act 5, Scene 1?

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