As You Like It By William Shakespeare Study Help Quiz

1:  What name does Rosalind take when she disguises herself as a young man?

a. Achilles

b. Ganymede

c. Raymond


2:  Oliver convinces Charles to try to kill Orlando during

a. a wrestling match.

b. a fencing match.

c. a hunting trip.


3:  What upsets Duke Frederick after the Orlando defeats Charles?

a. Frederick had bet on Charles and lost money.

b. Frederick had hoped Orlando would be killed.

c. Orlando's father is Frederick's old enemy.


4:  Celia and Rosalind are

a. not related to each other.

b. sisters.

c. cousins.


5:  Which character "Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,/Sermons in stones, and good in every thing"?

a. Duke Senior

b. Touchstone

c. Corin


6:  Who wishes to be a fool, to be "as the wind,/To blow on whom I please"?

a. Adam

b. Jacques

c. Celia


7:  Jacques' famous speech, beginning with "All the world's a stage / And all the men and women merely players," is his view of what?

a. The Catholic Church

b. The Three Muses

c. The Seven Ages of Man


8:  To whom does Rosalind (in disguise) give this advice: "Sell when you can; you are not for all markets."

a. Touchstone

b. Phebe

c. Orlando


9:  Oliver's hatred of Orlando turns into love when Orlando

a. kills a lioness attacking Oliver.

b. defeats Charles.

c. carves poems to Rosalind in the trees.


10:  Oliver immediately falls in love with

a. Aliena, who is really Celia.

b. Audrey, who is really Touchstone.

c. Phebe, who is really Rosalind.


11:  Which is the best definition of pastoral?

a. Pertaining to sheep

b. Pertaining to religious life

c. Pertaining to rural or country life


12:  Who said the following: "Sir, I am a true labourer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness"?

a. Corin

b. Ganymede

c. Duke Senior


13:  One constant comparison made throughout the play is

a. a. country life vs. town life.

b. manliness vs. femininity.

c. faith vs. reason.


14:  How many couples are married during the final wedding scene?

a. Two

b. Three

c. Four


15:  As You Like It ends with which character addressing the audience directly?

a. Duke Senior

b. Rosalind

c. Touchstone




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