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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amiens doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5?

2. What is the person who is not feeling well suffering from in Act 2, Scene 6?

3. How does Phebe feel about the feelings of love professed to her?

4. To what does Duke Senior compare Jaques at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 7?

5. When Jaques arrives, what or whom does he say he met in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orlando get himself out of the court?

2. For what reason does Oliver claim to hate Orlando at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Why does Touchstone think marrying Audrey in the forest will be a benefit?

4. Why does Phebe agree to conditionally marry Silvius at the end of Act 5, Scene 2?

5. What does Duke Senior say to his men about life in the Forest of Arden?

6. What is the song about that the men sing on their way to Duke Senior in Act 4, Scene 2?

7. Why does Duke Frederick banish Rosalind from the city so suddenly?

8. How does Jaques liken the injured deer to life at court?

9. What are the stipulations Duke Frederick gives Oliver in the event that he does not find Orlando?

10. Why does Charles the Wrestler tell Oliver that Orlando has decided to wrestle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the meaning behind the title "As You Like It"? Does is specifically link to any themes, symbolism or characters within the play? Does it have a loose meaning? Does it not have any meaning at all? Support your answer with specific examples and quotes from the text.

Essay Topic 2

There are many role changes within "As You Like It," and some involve the social ladder. What role change within the play shows the reader an interchange of social status? Who are the characters and how is the change shown? Why does Shakespeare include this role change? Use specific examples and quotes from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Jaques is found crying over an injured deer in the forest and uses the deer and its herd as a metaphor for city life at court. Explain life at court through use of Jaques' metaphor. Explain what the deer, the injury and the herd represent. Decide to support or argue against this metaphor.

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