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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. Who is professing love for Phebe?

2. When Orlando happens upon Duke Senior and his men, how does he try to take food from them?

3. What does Rosalind give Orlando?

4. Why does Celia choose the name Aliena as her disguise name?

5. To whom is Duke Frederick speaking to at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Touchstone dislike the forest?

2. What news does Oliver and Orlando's youngest brother give them about Duke Frederick?

3. What does Amiens say about Duke Senior's attitude in the country?

4. What is the preamble to Rosalind unveiling her true female identity in Act 5, Scene 4?

5. Why does Rosalind, disguised as Ganymede, intervene on Silvius and Phebe's conversation?

6. What do Duke Frederick's men report about Celia and Rosalind after their disappearance?

7. Why does Celia decide to name herself Aliena while in disguise?

8. How does Oliver prove to Orlando that his love for Aliena is true love?

9. What does Rosalind ask of the men and women in the audience at the end of the play?

10. How do Rosalind and Celia manage to find shelter in the forest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is "As You Like It" a pastoral play? What elements within the play contribute to the pastoral theme? Use the Forest of Arden as your platform to answer the question and use specific scenes and quotes to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Was Shakespeare attempting to empower his contemporary woman with the characters of Rosalind and Ganymede, or was he trying to expose female stereotypes? Use these two characters as the support for your response to this question. What scenes within the play show that the women are supporting your stance for this argument? Use your knowledge of Shakespearean time to deduce how Shakespeare wanted this question answered and, hence, wanted the women interpreted.

Essay Topic 3

Touchstone plays a fool within the constructs of court. Once he leaves for the Forest of Arden, he feels like an even bigger fool and in a negative way, as opposed to his designated role as a fool at court. Using scenes and quotes within the play, show the difference between the role of fool Touchstone plays at court and the role of fool he plays in the forest. What are the differences between the two in the reader's eye? In Shakespeare's eye? In Touchstone's eye? Which fool role does Touchstone ultimately fulfill?

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