Final Exam Flashcards
cheeky; inclined to back-talk
saucy
accustomed
wont
intellect; intelligence
wit
occurred; happened
befell
if
and
lacks; needs
wants
presently; soon
anon
morose; gloomy
melancholy
cure (medicinally speaking)
physic
mood; disposition
humor
Come along.
Come thy ways.
That’s enough!
Go to!
a mild oath meaning, “By the Virgin Mary”
Marry!
Shame on you! or That’s ridiculous!
Fie on thee!
If you please; I pray you
Prithee
Who said, “But let your fair eyes and gentle wishes go with me to my trial, wherein if I be foiled, there is but one shamed that was never gracious; if killed, but one dead that is willing to be so.”
Orlando
“But let your fair eyes and gentle wishes go with me to my trial, wherein if I be foiled, there is but one shamed that was never gracious; if killed, but one dead that is willing to be so.”
To whom is the speaker speaking?
Rosalind and Celia
“But let your fair eyes and gentle wishes go with me to my trial, wherein if I be foiled, there is but one shamed that was never gracious; if killed, but one dead that is willing to be so.”
What is the “trial” that he mentions?
the wrestling match
Who said, “Why would you be so fond to overcome the bonny prizer of the humorous duke? Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. Know you not, master, to some kind of men their graces serve them but as enemies?”
Adam
“Why would you be so fond to overcome the bonny prizer of the humorous duke? Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. Know you not, master, to some kind of men their graces serve them but as enemies?”
To whom is the speaker speaking?
Orlando
“Why would you be so fond to overcome the bonny prizer of the humorous duke? Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. Know you not, master, to some kind of men their graces serve them but as enemies?”
What does he or she mean in saying that some men’s “graces serve them but as enemies”?
For some men, their best characteristics actually do them harm by causing others to envy and hate them.
Who said, “Good my complexion, dost thou think, though I am caparisoned like a man, I have a doublet and hose in my disposition?”
Rosalind
“Good my complexion, dost thou think, though I am caparisoned like a man, I have a doublet and hose in my disposition?”
To whom is the speaker speaking?
Celia
“Good my complexion, dost thou think, though I am caparisoned like a man, I have a doublet and hose in my disposition?”
What does he or she mean here?
She is asking Celia to spare her from blushing any more, and she reminds Celia that even though she is wearing men’s clothing, she is still a woman and is longing to know who has been writing her love poems.
Who said, “I do not shame to tell you what I was, since my conversion so sweetly tastes, being the thing I am.”
Oliver
“I do not shame to tell you what I was, since my conversion so sweetly tastes, being the thing I am.”
What does he or she mean by “my conversion”?
He means his change of heart toward his brother Orlando.
Who said, “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Touchstone
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
What does he or she mean by this saying?
He means that those who claim to be wise show their foolishness in doing so. The sign of a true wise man is his humility; he knows that all his human wisdom does not amount to much.
Who said, “Neither call the giddiness of it in question, the poverty of her, the small acquaintance, my sudden wooing, nor her sudden consenting. But say with me I love ___; say with her that she loves me; consent with both that we may enjoy each.”
Oliver
“Neither call the giddiness of it in question, the poverty of her, the small acquaintance, my sudden wooing, nor her sudden consenting. But say with me I love ___; say with her that she loves me; consent with both that we may enjoy each.”
To whom is the speaker speaking?
Orlando
“Neither call the giddiness of it in question, the poverty of her, the small acquaintance, my sudden wooing, nor her sudden consenting. But say with me I love ___; say with her that she loves me; consent with both that we may enjoy each.”
What does he call the woman whom he loves?
Aliena
“Neither call the giddiness of it in question, the poverty of her, the small acquaintance, my sudden wooing, nor her sudden consenting. But say with me I love ___; say with her that she loves me; consent with both that we may enjoy each.”
What is her real name?
Celia
Where was William Shakespeare born?
Stratford-on-Avon
Who was Shakespeare’s wife?
Anne Hathaway
Who was ruling in England when Shakespeare began writing his plays?
Queen Elizabeth
Who was ruling in England when Shakespeare died?
King James I
What was the name of Shakespeare’s personal theater?
The Globe
What were the poorer members of Shakespeare’s audience called?
groundings
Who was Shakespeare’s partner in the theater business?
Richard & James Burbage
What was the name of Shakespeare’s first company of actors?
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men
What types of plays did Shakespeare write?
comedies, tragedies, and histories
