1. ‘As You Like It’ is a –
A) comedy
B) tragedy
C) satirical play
D) farcical play
Answer: A) comedy
2. What was the Provence called in France?
A) state
B) kingdom
C) dukedom
D) Union Territory
Answer: C) dukedom
3. Who banished the lawful duke?
A) his elder brother
B) his younger brother
C) his cousin-brother
D) brother-in-law
Answer: B) his younger brother
4. What was the name of the lawful Duke’s Younger brother? Or. Who was the usurper in the play, ‘As You Like It’?
A) Sir Rowland De Boys
B) Duke Fredrick
C) Oliver
D) Orlando
Answer: B) Duke Fredrick
5. Where did the Duke take shelter after being banished?
A) in the Mountain of Alps
B) in the Islands of Andaman
C) in the Forest of Arden
D) none of these
Answer: C) in the Forest of Arden
6. Who was the daughter of the banished Duke?
A) Celia
B) Rosalind
C) Aliena
D) Desdemona
Answer: B) Rosalind
7. How did the duke and his followers live in the forest?
A) peaceful life
B) happy life
C) simple life
D) idle life
Answer: D) idle life
8. Celia was the daughter of –
A) the banished Duke
B) Sir Rowland De Boys
C) Duke Fredrick
D) a friend of the banished duke
Answer: C) Duke Fredrick
9. What are the effects of adversities upon the Duke in the forest?
A) moralistic effect
B) realistic effect
C) fatalistic effect
D) optimistic effect
Answer: A) moralistic effect
10. The banished Duke compared the chilling winds in the Forest of Arden to –
A) true flatterers
B) true courtiers
C) true ministers
D) true counsellors
Answer: D) true counsellors
11. The sharp teeth of the cold wind in winter is nothing, according to the Duke senior, compared to man’s – [Annual Exam. XI – 2016]
A) love
B) jealousy
C) unkindness and ingratitude
D) happiness
Answer: C) unkindness and ingratitude
12. In the Forest of Arden, the Duke found tongues in –
A) streams
B) trees
C) stones
D) poisonous stone
Answer: B) trees
13. The daughter of the banished duke was – [Annual Exam. XI – 2014]
A) Celia
B) Viola
C) Aliena
D) Rosalind
Answer: D) Rosalind
14. What made Rosalind sad?
A) a young man was going to fight with a practised wrestler
B) Celia’s arrogant behaviour
C) her father’s banishment
D) none of these
Answer: C) her father’s banishment
15. Rosalind and Celia were asked to see –
A) a theatre
B) a wrestling match
C) a football match
D) a rugby match
Answer: B) a wrestling match
16. Who asked Rosalind and Celia to dissuade the young man from fighting?
A) Sir Rowland De Boys
B) Adam
C) The banished Duke
D) Duke Fredrick
Answer: D) Duke Fredrick
17. Who felt most for the young man in the uneven wrestling match?
A) Rosalind
B) Celia
C) Duke Fredrick
D) Adam
Answer: A) Rosalind
18. How did Rosalind try to dissuade the young wrestler from this match?
A) by her advice
B) by her trick
C) by herlove
D) by her kind words
Answer: D) by her kind words
19. Why was the young wrestler so indifferent about his life?
A) as he was very young
B) as he has no expectation of life
C) as he only filled up a space in this world
D) as there was none to lament for him
Answer: D) as there was none to lament for him
20. Rosalind felt an inclination towards the young wrestler as –
A) she had fallen in love
B) he was young and handsome
C) for his friendless condition
D) none of these
Answer: C) for his friendless condition
21. Orlando was the young son of – [Class XI Exam. 2015, 2017]
A) Adam
B) Sir Rowland de Boys
C) Fredrick
D) Ferdinand
Answer: B) Sir Rowland de Boys
22. Who was displeased with Orlando?
A) Adam
B) Sir Rowland de Boys
C) Fredrick
D) Ferdinand
Answer: C) Fredrick
23. What was the cause of Fredrick’s displeasure?
A) Orlando won the wrestling match
B) Orlando was jealous of his victory
C) he had a discord with Orlando’s father
D) Orlando’s father was the son of the banished duke
Answer: D) Orlando’s father was the son of the banished duke
24. When Rosalind came to know that Orlando was the son of her father’s friend, she gave him – [Class XI Exam. 2019]
A) a gold ring
B) a gold coin
C) a gold chain
D) a gold earring
Answer: C) a gold chain
25. Why was Fredrick displeased with Rosalind?
A) as Rosalind was praised by all for her virtues
B) as Rosalind was the daughter of a banished duke
C) as Rosalind had fallen in love with Orlando
D) as Celia loved Rosalind so dearly
Answer: A) as Rosalind was praised by all for her virtues
26. Rosalind disguised herself as a male and called herself as – [Class XI Exam. 2019]
A) Aliena
B) Sir Rowland de Boys
C) Fredrick
D) Ganymede
Answer: D) Ganymede
27. Celia disguised herself as –
A) Aliena
B) Viola
C) Helena
D) Ganymede
Answer: A) Aliena
28. Rosalind and Celia went to the forest of Arden – [Class XI Exam. 2015, 2018]
A) in a carriage
B) in disguise
C) with an army
D) on horseback
Answer: B) in disguise
29. Where did Rosalind and Celia take shelter?
A) in the Mountain of Alps
B) in the Islands of Andaman
C) in the Forest of Arden
D) in the banks of River Nile
Answer: C) in the Forest of Arden
30. What did they take with them?
A) food and accommodation
B) jewels and money
C) medicines and clothes
D) all of these
Answer: B) jewels and money
31. What did Rosalind and Celia buy in the Forest of Arden?
A) a plot of land
B) a hut and some cows
C) a house and some goats
D) a house and a sheep of a shepherd.
Answer: D) a house and a sheep of a shepherd.
32. Who planned to kill Orlando?
A) Fredrik
B) Oliver
C) the practised wrestler
D) an enemy of Orlando
Answer: B) Oliver
33. Who was the old servant of Rowland de Boys?
A) Oliver
B) Orlando
C) Adam
D) a shepherd
Answer: C) Adam
34. When Rowland de Boys was on his deathbed, he gave all the responsibilities of Orlando to –
A) Adam
B) Oliver
C) the banished Duke
D) Fredrick
Answer: B) Oliver
35. Oliver planned to murder Orlando after he won the wrestling match by – [Class XI Exam. 2019]
A) by burning him alive when he slept
B) sprinkling poisonous juice on his clothes
C) giving him poisonous food
D) hiring assassins to kill him
Answer: A) by burning him alive when he slept
36. Who informed Orlando of his murder plan by Oliver?
A) Adam
B) the banished Duke
C) Fredrick
D) Ganymede
Answer: A) Adam
37. In the journey to the Forest of Arden, Adam helped Orlando –
A) two hundred crowns
B) three hundred crowns
C) four hundred crowns
D) five hundred crowns
Answer: D) five hundred crowns
38. Who accompanied Orlando in his journey to the Forest of Arden?
A) Oliver
B) Ganymede
C) Adam
D) Aliena
Answer: C) Adam
39. When Orlando came upon the company of the duke and his followers, it was –
A) lunchtime
B) morning
C) afternoon
D) dinner time
Answer: D) dinner time
40. Why did Orlando draw out his sword and charge the duke and his followers not to touch the food?
A) as Orlando forgot his courtesy
B) as Orlando was dying of hunger
C) as Orlando was making pranks with them
D) none of the above
Answer: B) as Orlando was dying of hunger
41. Why did the duke take Orlando and Adam under his care?
A) The duke liked the modesty of Orlando
B) they were hungry and helpless
C) they were Duke’s followers
D) Orlando was his friend’s son
Answer: D) Orlando was his friend’s son
42. Who wrote the love poems on the bark of the trees?
A) Orlando
B) Adam
C) Ganymede
D) he duke
Answer: A) Orlando
43. To whom were the sonnets addressed?
A) Rowland De Boys
B) the duke
C) Rosalind
D) Celia
Answer: C) Rosalind
44. Who wished to cure Orlando of his love–sickness?
A) Adam
B) the duke
C) Aliena
D) Ganymede
Answer: D) Ganymede
45. Ganymede and Aliena could easily recognise Orlando as –
A) he was wearing the chain given earlier by Rosalind
B) he was very smart
C) he was wearing a turban
D) none of these
Answer: A) he was wearing the chain given earlier by Rosalind
46. Who saved Oliver from a venomous snake and a hungry lioness?
A) the duke
B) Orlando
C) Ganymede
D) Adam
Answer: B) Orlando
47. What was the real reason for Rosalind’s coming to the forest?
A) to lead life adventurously
B) to find out Orlando
C) to find out about her father
D) to accompany Celia
Answer: C) to find out about her father
48. Why did Aliena fall in love with Oliver?
A) as he was very rich
B) as he was very handsome
C) as he was the son of Rowland de Boys
D) he confessed his misdeeds
Answer: D) he confessed his misdeeds
49. What happened to Gagymede on hearing the wounds of Orlando?
A) she was shocked
B) she cried out
C) she became mad
D) she fainted
Answer: D) she fainted
50. Whom did Orlando invite on the occasion of the wedding of Oliver and Aliena?
A) Duke Fredrick
B) the banished duke
C) Adam
D) the shepherd
Answer: B) the banished duke
51. Who promised to bring Rosalind before Orlando by her special magical power?
A) Ganymede
B) Aliena
C) the duke
D) Adam
Answer: A) Ganymede
52. As Duke Fredrick entered the forest, he met a – [Annual Exam. XI – 2017]
A) dacoit
B) fairy
C) hermit
D) clown
Answer: C) hermit
53. Who changed the mind of Duke Fredrick when he came to the forest?
A) a saint
B) a hermit
C) a beggar
D) a shepherd
Answer: B) a hermit
54. Who informed the banished Duke that his dukedom was restored for him?
A) a messenger
B) a follower
C) Fredrick
D) Orlando
Answer: A) a messenger
55. Where did the transformed Duke wish to spend his remaining life?
A) in the Forest of Arden
B) in a shepherd’s cottage
C) in a religious house
D) in the palace
Answer: C) in a religious house
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