Final Exam

Question 1

cheeky; inclined to back-talk

Answer 1

saucy

Question 2

accustomed

Answer 2

wont

Question 3

intellect; intelligence

Answer 3

wit

Question 4

occurred; happened

Answer 4

befell

Question 5

if

Answer 5

and

Question 6

lacks; needs

Answer 6

wants

Question 7

presently; soon

Answer 7

anon

Question 8

morose; gloomy

Answer 8

melancholy

Question 9

cure (medicinally speaking)

Answer 9

physic

Question 10

mood; disposition

Answer 10

humor

Question 11

Come along.

Answer 11

Come thy ways.

Question 12

That’s enough!

Answer 12

Go to!

Question 13

a mild oath meaning, “By the Virgin Mary”

Answer 13

Marry!

Question 14

Shame on you! or That’s ridiculous!

Answer 14

Fie on thee!

Question 15

If you please; I pray you

Answer 15

Prithee

Question 16

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.”

Answer 16

Orlando

Question 17

“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?

Answer 17

Rosalind and Celia

Question 18

“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?

Answer 18

the wrestling match

Question 19

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?”

Answer 19

Adam

Question 20

“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?

Answer 20

Orlando

Question 21

“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”?

Answer 21

For some men, their best characteristics actually do them harm by causing others to envy and hate them.

Question 22

Who said, “Good my complexion, dost thou think, though I am caparisoned like a man, I have a doublet and hose in my disposition?”

Answer 22

Rosalind

Question 23

“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?

Answer 23

Celia

Question 24

“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?

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

Who said, “I do not shame to tell you what I was, since my conversion so sweetly tastes, being the thing I am.”

Answer 25

Oliver

Question 26

“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”?

Answer 26

He means his change of heart toward his brother Orlando.

Question 27

Who said, “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

Answer 27

Touchstone

Question 28

“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?

Answer 28

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.

Question 29

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.”

Answer 29

Oliver

Question 30

“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?

Answer 30

Orlando

Question 31

“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?

Answer 31

Aliena

Question 32

“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?

Answer 32

Celia

Question 33

Where was William Shakespeare born?

Answer 33

Stratford-on-Avon

Question 34

Who was Shakespeare’s wife?

Answer 34

Anne Hathaway

Question 35

Who was ruling in England when Shakespeare began writing his plays?

Answer 35

Queen Elizabeth

Question 36

Who was ruling in England when Shakespeare died?

Answer 36

King James I

Question 37

What was the name of Shakespeare’s personal theater?

Answer 37

The Globe

Question 38

What were the poorer members of Shakespeare’s audience called?

Answer 38

groundings

Question 39

Who was Shakespeare’s partner in the theater business?

Answer 39

Richard & James Burbage

Question 40

What was the name of Shakespeare’s first company of actors?

Answer 40

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men

Question 41

What types of plays did Shakespeare write?

Answer 41

comedies, tragedies, and histories