Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare Study Help Quiz

1:  What's the mood in the opening act?

a. Funny and happy

b. Tense and gloomy

c. Scary and mysterious


2:  The Abbess turns out to be

a. Egeon's long-lost mother Emilia.

b. Egeon's long-lost daughter Emilia.

c. Egeon's long-lost wife Emilia.


3:  What caused Egeon's family to split up?

a. A terrible shipwreck

b. Babies switched at birth

c. Witchcraft


4:  At the end of the play, which of the following is not a couple?

a. Luciana and Antipholus of Syracuse

b. Emilia and Solinus of Ephesus

c. Adriana and Antipholus of Ephesus


5:  Antipholus of Ephesus gets arrested because he refuses to pay for a

a. gold chain.

b. gold watch.

c. gold ring.


6:  In Shakespeare's time, the accepted manner for dealing with the insane was to

a. bind them up and lay them down in a dark room.

b. undergo prayerful fasting for the afflicted.

c. offer cognitive-behavioral therapy.


7:  Who said the following: "There is something in the wind."

a. Antipholus of Ephesus

b. Antipholus of Syracuse

c. Dromio of Ephesus


8:  Who said the following: "Thither I must, although against my will; / For servants must their masters' minds fulfill."

a. Dromio of Ephesus

b. Luce

c. Dromio of Syracuse


9:  Who said the following: "Ay me, it is my husband! Witness you, / That he is borne about invisible."

a. Luciana

b. Adriana

c. Emilia


10:  Who said the following: "I to the world am like a drop of water / That in the ocean seeks another drop."

a. Dr. Pinch

b. Antipholus of Syracuse

c. Angelo




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