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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duke offer Egeon at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) To let him go for nothing.
(b) To let him go in exchange for his labor.
(c) To let him go into the city and borrow money for his ransom.
(d) To not make him pay a ransom.

2. What areas does Egeon tell the Duke he traveled through before coming to Ephesus?
(a) Africa and Asia.
(b) Africa and Italy.
(c) Greece and France.
(d) Greece and Asia.

3. Finish the sentence: "Whom whilst I labour'd of a love to see, I hazarded the loss of whom I ____."
(a) Loved.
(b) Missed.
(c) Know.
(d) Had.

4. What is the name of Egeon's long lost wife?
(a) Adriana.
(b) Luciana.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Mary.

5. What caused Egeon and his family to abandon the ship carrying them home according to his story in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Bad weather.
(b) The crew had become sick.
(c) An attack.
(d) They were made to abandon ship by the crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way do Egeon and his family try and keep themselves on the ship?

2. Where does the First Merchant tell Antipholus of Syracuse he should pretend to be from at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. In what setting does Act 1, Scene 1 take place?

4. What caused Egeon and his family to become separated according to his story in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What is the name of the Duke introduced in Act 1, Scene 1?

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