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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antipholus of Syracuse do to Dromio of Ephesus after he begins talking about Antipholus' wife in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Beats him.
(b) Laughs at him.
(c) Makes fun of him.
(d) Yells at him.

2. Who says, "The plainer dealer, the sooner lost: yet he loseth it in a kind of jollity"?
(a) Dromio of Syracuse.
(b) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(c) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(d) Dromio of Ephesus.

3. Why does Antipholus of Syracuse suggest that Dromio must have spoken with Adriana before in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Because she is pretty.
(b) Because she is nice.
(c) Because she knows his name.
(d) Because she looks familiar.

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

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

6. Who says, "Fie, how impatience loureth in your face!"?
(a) Luce.
(b) Dromio of Ephesus.
(c) Adriana.
(d) Luciana.

7. Who interrupts the conversation between Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Adriana and Luciana.
(b) Luciana and Luce.
(c) Adriana and Luce.
(d) Luciana and Angelo.

8. Who calls out to Antipholus of Ephesus' servants to let them inside the house in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Balthazar.
(b) Dromio of Ephesus.
(c) Dromio of Syracuse.
(d) Angelo.

9. What is the name of the inn Antipholus of Syracuse is staying at in Ephesus?
(a) The Tiger.
(b) The River.
(c) The Centaur.
(d) The Porpentine.

10. Who runs away in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Dromio of Ephesus.
(b) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(c) Antipholus of Ephesus.
(d) Dromio of Syracuse.

11. 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 Asia.
(d) Greece and France.

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

13. 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.

14. What does Dromio of Ephesus deny being given by Antipholus of Syracuse?
(a) Gold.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A book.
(d) A chain.

15. Who says, "Thus I mend it: Time himself is bald and therefore to the world's end will have bald followers"?
(a) Dromio of Syracuse.
(b) Antipholus of Syracuse.
(c) Dromio of Ephesus.
(d) Antipholus of Ephesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Egeon say the boat was that rescued his wife and one of his sons?

2. Where does Act 3, Scene 1 take place?

3. Who says, "Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, my woes end likewise with the evening sun"?

4. Finish the sentence: "Husband, I'll dine above with you to-day and shrive you of a thousand idle _____."

5. Where does Dromio of Syracuse say one should not drop their money in during Act 2, Scene 2?

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