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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dormio of Syracuse and the female servant mistake Antipholus of Ephesus and his friends for near the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Unruly local boys.
(d) Hoodlums.

2. Who says, "Ere I learn love, I'll practise to obey"?
(a) Luce.
(b) Dromio of Ephesus.
(c) Adriana.
(d) Luciana.

3. What phrase of Antipholus' does Dromio of Ephesus continue to quote for Adriana and Luciana in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) "My gold".
(b) "Honest to God".
(c) "Oh dear".
(d) "My silver".

4. Finish the sentence: "Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown: some other mistress hath thy sweet _____."
(a) Aspects.
(b) Returns.
(c) Nothings.
(d) Rewards.

5. Finish the sentence: "They say this town is full of cozenage, as, nimble jugglers that deceive the ____."
(a) Head.
(b) Heart.
(c) Eye.
(d) Mouth.

6. What is the name of the establishment that Antipholus of Ephesus decides to take his friends to for dinner?
(a) The Centaur.
(b) The Porpentine.
(c) The Blue Monkey.
(d) The Tiger.

7. Finish the sentence: "But your reason was not substantial, why there is no time to _____."
(a) Recover.
(b) Stay.
(c) Hear.
(d) Talk.

8. Who says, "Now, trust me, were it not against our laws, against my crown, my oath, my dignity"?
(a) Egeon.
(b) The Duke.
(c) The Duke's officer.
(d) Gaoler.

9. At whose shop does Antipholus of Ephesus plan to tell his wife he was at, which caused him to be late for dinner?
(a) The Courtesan's.
(b) The merchant's.
(c) Angelo's.
(d) Balthazar's.

10. Who says, "Many a man would take you at your word, and go indeed, having so good a mean"?
(a) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(b) Dromio of Syracuse.
(c) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(d) Dromio of Ephesus.

11. In what setting does Act 1, Scene 1 take place?
(a) A market.
(b) A palace hall.
(c) Antipholus of Syracuse's house.
(d) Antipholus of Ephesus' house.

12. What is the name of Antipholus of Ephesus' wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Luciana.
(c) Adriana.
(d) Emilia.

13. What sum of money does Antipholus of Syracuse mention in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) 500 pounds of silver.
(b) 1,000 marks of gold.
(c) 300 pounds of gold.
(d) 200 marks of bronze.

14. Finish the sentence: "Husband, I'll dine above with you to-day and shrive you of a thousand idle _____."
(a) Days.
(b) Minds.
(c) Hours.
(d) Pranks.

15. Finish the sentence: "We being strangers here, how darest thou trust so great a charge from thine own ______."
(a) Insurance.
(b) Custody.
(c) Home.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I did not see you since you sent me hence, home to the Centaur, with the gold you gave me"?

2. Who says, "Thus I mend it: Time himself is bald and therefore to the world's end will have bald followers"?

3. Who says, "Fie, brother! how the world is changed with you!"?

4. When does Egeon have to pay his ransom by to avoid execution?

5. What does Dromio of Ephesus claim his master is late for when he approaches Antipholus of Syracuse in Act 1, Scene 2?

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