As You Like It by William Shakespeare – MCQ, Class 11, Semester I, WBCHSE


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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