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Most of the action in this romantic comedy takes place in the Forest of Arden, where Rosalind meets Jaques, a traveler who is given some of Shakespeare's most memorable lines, including, "All the world's a stage". The play ends with a quadruple marriage.
3 quizzes and 30 trivia questions.
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  The Ultimate As You Like It Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A broad quiz on the play, looking at characters, plot and quotes.
Average, 10 Qns, laura42, Mar 11 20
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Mar 11 20
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  As You Like It Quiz for Experts    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I love Shakespeare and I noticed that there weren't any quizzes on "As You Like It" which is one of my favourite plays, so I decided to create one. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, rgdsmile, Oct 24 10
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  "As You Like It" Couples Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quick quiz about the relationships in Shakespeare's "As You Like It". Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, fluffy_mcducky, Mar 03 10
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trivia question Quick Question
Who writes a love letter to Rosalind (as Ganymede)?

From Quiz "As You Like It"





As You Like It Trivia Questions
1. "As You Like It" opens with a dispute between two brothers, and the theme of brotherly relationships is central to the play. There are two sets of brothers in the play. What are their names?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Duke Frederick and Duke Senior; Oliver, Orlando and Jacques de Boys

Although there is a much more central character also named Jaques, Jacques de Boys (brother of Oliver and Orlando, who play a much larger role) appears briefly in the last scene. Both Duke Senior and Duke Frederick and Orlando and Oliver sort out their disputes at the end, fuelling the light-hearted ending to this romantic comedy.

2. Who is Orlando in love with?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: Rosalind

Orlando, of course, falls in love with Rosalind from the moment he meets her.

3. What does Rosalind give Orlando after he defeats Charles the wrestler?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: A chain from her neck

Although they have just met, the bond between Rosalind and Orlando is already strong. This chain is symbolic of their relationship.

4. Which two characters are in love with Audrey?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: William and Touchstone

William is only in one scene. Touchstone threatens to kill him if he bothers Audrey again.

5. In Act 2 Amiens sings: '...Come hither, come hither, come hither. Here shall he see no enemy...', what is the following line?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: ...But winter and rough weather.

The many songs such as this in the play are not just time fillers, they hightlight and reflect the many themes of "As You Like It". This reference to 'winter and rough weather' echoes Duke Senior's speech at the beginning of the act.

6. Who sings "Under the Greenwood Tree"?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Amiens

"Under the Greenwood Tree" is also the title of Thomas Hardy's second novel. It focuses on the Mellstock village choir, which we meet as they are preparing to perform carols for their neighbors on Christmas Eve.

7. Which character marries Celia?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: Oliver

Oliver and Celia have a very short engagement before they are married with the other three couples.

8. Who utters these immortal lines: 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.'?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Jaques

Probably the most famous lines from the play, and the opening to the longest soliloquy. However, Jaques's comments go largely unnoticed by the large gathering in this scene, (Act 2, scene 7).

9. What is Celia's name when she dresses up as a peasant?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Aliena

Aliena is chosen because it "has a reference to my [Celia's] state". This is because she is alienating herself from her father and court.

10. Who weds the couples?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: Hymen

Sir Oliver Martext was going to wed Audrey and Touchstone, but they do not end up getting married at that point in the story.

11. What is Celia's name while she is disguised in the forest?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Aliena

She does indeed change her name to Aliena, accompanied by Rosalind under the pseudonym Ganymede.

12. Who does Rosalind say she is upset for, just before she is banished by her uncle?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Orlando and her father

When asked by Celia if she was sad only for her father (act I scene iii), she replies "No, some of it is for my child's father."

13. How many couples are wed at the end of the play?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: four

Four couples in total - Rosalind and Orlando, Celia and Oliver, Phebe and Silvius, and Audrey and Touchstone.

14. Why does Rosalind, in disguise as Ganymede, agree to pretend to be Rosalind for Orlando?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: To cure Orlando of love

Rosalind, as Ganymede, promises she can cure Orlando of his love sickness by acting like a woman, being 'effeminate, changeable, longing and liking, proud, fantastical, apish, shallow... .' Thus begins the visual comedy of the next two acts, with Rosalind pretending to be herself and simultaneously criticising her own sex. This manipulation demonstrates Rosalind's very dominant role, and how unconventional she is when compared to the traditionally passive heroine in a romantic comedy.

15. Who writes a love letter to Rosalind (as Ganymede)?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Phebe

Phebe has fallen in love with Rosalind in male disguise, which is comic as Rosalind is actually a woman. This is another instance where Shakespeare explores themes of gender spheres and the nature of true love.

16. What is 'Ganymede's' explanation for having an accent finer than would be expected of a peasant?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: His uncle, an inland man, taught him to speak

This is the scene where 'Ganymede' first meets Orlando and 'he' has to do some quick thinking to hold his story together.

17. How are Oliver and Orlando related?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: brothers

Oliver wishes to kill Orlando in the beginning, but when Orlando saves him in the forest he changes his views.

18. Which character says, 'The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.'?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Touchstone

This is one of the many reflective comments Touchstone makes in "As You Like It", and one of the many instances where the worth of his words is lost to those around him. It is classic for the Shakespearian fool to make deep comments which other characters dismiss as foolish wordplay.

19. Who does Phebe end up marrying?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: Silvius

Silvius has always loved Phebe, but she did not return this favour. She than falls in love with 'Ganymede'. Before she makes her true identity known, 'Ganymede' promises that he will marry Phebe if she marries a woman, but if Phebe refuses (as she will when it is known that he is a she) she must marry Silvius. And so all ends happily.

20. How is Ganymede related to Celia?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: Ganymede is Rosalind in disguise, who is Celia's cousin

Ganymede is Rosalind's male name and Aliena is the name Celia took when she accompanied Rosalind into the forest.

21. Which character does Touchstone reprimand and dismiss for loving Audrey, who Touchstone himself has decided to marry?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: William

The dialogue between Touchstone and William represents the meeting of court and country. Touchstone's pompous speech defeats William's simple ways, and his harsh and almost callous dismissal of William can be seen to reflect the usurpation of the country dwellers by the courtiers.

22. Who competes (and fails) with Touchstone for the hand of Audrey?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: William

When William comes along, Touchstone makes short work of him by chasing him away.

23. Of what relation is Duke Frederick to Duke Senior?

From Quiz "As You Like It" Couples Quiz

Answer: brother

Not much brotherly love happening there!

24. Why does Duke Frederick return his crown to his banished brother, Duke Senior?

From Quiz As You Like It

Answer: He is converted by an old religious man

Duke Frederick's convertion is the last of the problems in "As You Like It" to be sorted out, leaving the characters free to enjoy the happy atmosphere. It also means the courtiers can return to court.

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