William Shakespeare's As You Like It Quiz and Answer Key Bundle for High School

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this bundle of plot-based quizzes covering each Act of William Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It. The assessments may double as guided reading worksheets to facilitate active engagement with Shakespearean drama. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive bundle is available.) Information on each assessment follows.

Act 1 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of:

• Orlando's complaint about his brother

• Oliver's devious plans for his brother

• The cause of Oliver's hatred for Orlando

• The banishment of Duke Senior

• The characterization of Duke Senior

• The characterization of Rosalind

• Rosalind's belief regarding love

• Rosalind's request of Duke Frederick

• Orlando's perspective on facing danger

• The cause of Celia's shame toward her father

• Duke Frederick's shifting attitude toward Rosalind

• Rosalind's banishment

• Touchstone's agreement to travel with Rosalind and Celia

Act 2 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of:

• "Sweet are the uses of adversity"

• Jaques' stated reason for not hunting

• The fundamental goodness of Adam

• Oliver's homicidal intentions

• Comparing Rosalind and Orlando's plights

• Corin's efforts to console a lovesick Silvius

• Celia and Rosalind's big purchase

• Jaques' combativeness and its effect on others

• Jaques' motivations for becoming a jester

• An assumption that turns out to be ill-informed

• The metaphorical language of Duke Senior

Act 3 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of:

• Duke Frederick's newest command of Oliver

• Orlando's love poem

• Touchstone's mockery

• Touchstone and Corin's debate over what constitutes a moral person

• Corin's lack of education

• Rosalind's concern about Orlando finding her attractive

• Rosalind's offer to help cure Orlando of love

• Touchstone's flirtatiousness with Audrey

• Celia's criticism of Orlando

• Silvius' feelings toward Phebe

• The characterization of Phebe

• The reason for Rosalind's agitation

• Phebe's romantic feelings toward Rosalind

Act 4 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of:

• The interaction between Jaques and Rosalind

• Jaques' assertions about his mental state

• Jaques' character motivations

• Orlando's tardiness

• Rosalind's artificial anger

• Rosalind and Orlando's role playing lesson

• “Men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.”

• A fake wedding ceremony

• Silvius' continued affection for Phebe

• The content of a letter Phebe sends Ganymede

• Rosalind's comments on how Phebe can prove her love

• Oliver's unexpected appearance and character transformation

• Orlando's heroism

Act 5 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of:

• Touchstone's comments about a young forest-dweller

• The nature of the conversation between Touchstone and the forest-dweller

• Oliver's intentions as he moves forward in life

• Orlando's feelings about the abruptness of Celia and Oliver's engagement

• Ganymede's promise to Orlando

• Phebe's assessment of Ganymede's behavior

• Audrey's excitement about marriage

• Touchstone's driving motive for marrying Audrey

• Jaques' allusion to Noah's Ark

• A conversation between Jaques and Touchstone

• Hymen's attendance

• The most dynamic character in Act 5

• Duke Frederick's intentions as he moves forward in life

• Duke Senior's intentions as he moves forward in life

• Jaques' assessment of the marriage between Touchstone and Audrey

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare's plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Taming of the Shrew - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable