As You Like It MCQ Questions and Answers | Class 11 | Semester 1 | William Shakespeare | WBCHSE

1) ‘As You Like It’ is written by – 
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) Oscar Wilde
(c) William Shakespeare
(d) Saki
Ans: (c) William Shakespeare

2) ‘As You Like It’ is a –
(a) comedy
(b) novel
(c) tragedy
(d) Romantic sonnet
Ans: (a) comedy

3) France was divided into –
(a) states
(b) dukedoms
(c) kingdoms
(d) union territories
Ans: (b) dukedoms

4) The lawful duke was banished by –
(a) elder brother
(b) nephew
(c) younger brother
(d) Oliver
Ans: (c) younger brother

5) The duke and his followers lived the life in the forest like that of – 
(a) Robin Hood of Scotland
(b) Robin Hood of France
(c) Robin Hood of England
(d) Robin Hood of India
Ans: (c) Robin Hood of England

6) After being banished, the old Duke went to the –
(a) Forest of Amazon
(b) Forest of Sundarban
(c) Forest of Arden
(d) Forest of France
Ans: (c) Forest of Arden

7) The sharp teeth of the cold wind in winter is nothing according to the Duke Senior compared to man’s –
(a) love
(b) jealously
(c) happiness
(d) unkindness and ingratitude
Ans: (d) unkindness and ingratitude

8) The banished duke learned lessons from – 
(a) the duke Federick
(b) Nature
(c) his daughter Rosalind
(d) his followers
Ans: (b) Nature

9) The daughter of the present duke was – 
(a) Celia
(b) Aliena
(c) Rosalind
(d) Ganymede
Ans: (a) Celia

10) The daughter of the banished duke was –
(a) Celia
(b) Aliena
(c) Ganymede
(d) Rosalind
Ans: (d) Rosalind

11) Rosalind remained in the palace as –
(a) a messanger
(b) a bodyguard of Celia
(c) a wrestler
(d) a companion of Celia
Ans: (d) a companion of Celia

12) Rosalind and Celia was –
(a) neighbours
(b) classmates
(c) cousins
(d) colleagues
Ans: (c) cousins

13) When the duke Frederick banished Rosalind, Celia –
(a) was very happy
(b) felt very grief stricken
(c) became agitated
(d) approved her father’s decision
Ans: (b) felt very grief stricken

14) Rosalind was the duke Frederick’s –
(a) sister
(b) daughter
(c) niece
(d) wife
Ans: (c) niece

15) The wrestling was to be hold between –
(a) Orlando and a practised wrestler
(b) Orlando and the old Duke
(c) Orlando and Oliver
(d) Orlando and duke Frederick
Ans: (a) Orlando and a practised wrestler

16) Duke Frederick asked Celia and Rosalind to –
(a) leave the palace
(b) encourage Orlando for fighting
(c) fight the wrestler
(d) dissuade Orlando from fighting
Ans: (d) dissuade Orlando from fighting

17) Orlando was –
(a) a coward wrestler
(b) a practiced wrestler
(c) an experienced fighter
(d) an inexperienced wrestler
Ans: (d) an inexperienced wrestler

18) Who won the wrestling match?
(a) Oliver
(b) Adam
(c) Orlando
(d) The practised wrestler
Ans: (c) Orlando

19) Sir Rowland de Boys was a trusted friend of –
(a) Orlando
(b) Adam
(c) the lawful duke
(d) the duke Frederick
Ans: (c) the lawful duke

20) When Rosalind came to know that Orlando was the son of her father’s friend, she gave him –
(a) a silver chain
(b) a gold chain
(c) a gold ring
(d) a silver ring
Ans: (b) a gold chain

21) After being angry with Rosalind, Frederick ordered her –
(a) join Orlando in the forest of Arden
(b) join her father in the forest of Sundarban
(c) join her father in the forest of Arden
(d) punishment
Ans: (c) join her father in the forest of Arden

22) Rosalind and Celia wanted to take disguise as –
(a) it was safe
(b) Orlando told them to do so
(c) they loved to disguise
(d) Frederick ordered them
Ans: (a) it was safe

23) In disguise Rosalind took the name of –
(a) Aliena
(b) Rosalind
(c) Ganymede
(d) Celia
Ans: (c) Ganymede

24) In disguise Celia took the name of –
(a) Ganymede
(b) Aliena
(c) Celia
(d) Oliver
Ans: (b) Aliena

25) Rosalind and Celia went to the Forest of Arden –
(a) with an army
(b) with an army
(c) in disguise
(d) on horseback
Ans: (c) in disguise

26) Celia took the disguise of a –
(a) servant
(b) country lass
(c) boy
(d) country lad
Ans: (b) country lass

27) Rosalind too the disguise of a –
(a) country lad
(b) servant
(c) country lass
(d) girl
Ans: (a) country lad

28) Rosalind disguised herself as a male and called herself as –
(a) Sir Rowland de Boys
(b) Aliena
(c) Ganymede
(d) Frederick
Ans: (c) Ganymede

29) During their escape from the palace, Rosalind and Celia took with them –
(a) only jewels
(b) only food
(c) only money
(d) money and jewels
Ans: (d) money and jewels

30) In the forest of Arden, Rosalind and Celia met a/an –
(a) servant of a shepherd
(b) old farmer
(c) robber
(d) wise hermit
Ans: (a) servant of a shepherd

31) In the forest of Arden, Rosalind and Celia bought a –
(a) food
(b) bunch of flowers
(c) shepherd’s house
(d) baskets
Ans: (c) shepherd’s house

32) When Rowland de Boys died, he left his younger son Orlando under the care of – 
(a) the old duke
(b) Duke Frederick
(c) Adam
(d) Oliver
Ans: (d) Oliver

33) Orlando’s brother was –
(a) Ganymede
(b) Oliver
(c) Iago
(d) Frederick
Ans: (d) Oliver

34) Oliver planned to murder Orlando after he had won the wrestling match –
(a) by hiring assassins to kill him
(b) by giving him poisonous food
(c) by sprinkling poisonous juice on his clothes
(d) by burning him alive when he slept
Ans: (d) by burning him alive when he slept

35) Adam was –
(a) Celia’s friend
(b) Orlando’s father
(c) the servant of Sir Rowland de Boys
(d) Rosalind’s uncle
Ans: (c) the servant of Sir Rowland de Boys

36) Adam had a special affection for Orlando because –
(a) he was very rich
(b) he took after his father
(c) he was very much strong
(d) his brother hated him
Ans: (b) he took after (resembled) his father

37) Adam gave Orlando amounting to –
(a) three hundred crowns
(b) five hundred crowns
(c) six hundred roubles
(d) one hundred roubles
Ans: (b) five hundred crowns

38) Who accompanied Orlando when he escaped?
(a) Frederick
(b) Adam
(c) Oliver
(d) Rosalind
Ans: (b) Adam

39) Orlando demanded food from the old duke by showing –
(a) his royal behaviour
(b) his appearance
(c) his sword
(d) his modest behaviour
Ans: (c) his sword

40) Orlando addressed Adam as –
(a) a bad man
(b) a clever old man
(c) a good old man
(d) a good young man
Ans: (c) a good old man

41) Orlando and Adam met the banished duke in –
(a) a manison
(b) the forest
(c) an old cottage
(d) the royal court 
Ans: (b) the forest

42) In the Forest of Arden, Rosalind and Aliena were surprised to see –
(a) Celia’s name carved on the tree
(b) Aliena’s name carved on the tree
(c) Ganymede’s name carved on the tree
(d) Rosalind’s name carved on the tree
Ans: (d) Rosalind’s name carved on the tree

43) In the forest Orlando did not recognise the girls because –
(a) they became fat
(b) they became dark
(c) they took disguise
(d) he could not see their face
Ans: (c) they took disguise

44) In the game Orlando wooed Ganymede as if she was –
(a) Celia
(b) Aliena
(c) Rosalind
(d) Olivia
Ans: (c) Rosalind

45) A snake twisted round Oliver’s –
(a) leg
(b) head
(c) hand
(d) neck
Ans: (d) neck

46) Whom did Orlando see lying on the ground of the forest?
(a) His brother, Oliver
(b) Duke Frederick
(c) Adam
(d) his father
Ans: (a) his brother, Oliver

47) Orlando saved the life of Oliver from – 
(a) a snake and a tiger
(b) a lioness
(c) a snake
(d) a snake and a lioness
Ans: (d) a snake and a lioness

48) The banished duke fed –
(a) Oliver
(b) Adam
(c) Oliver and Adam
(d) Orlando and Adam
Ans: (d) Orlando and Adam

49) In the forest, Rosalind and Aliena were astonished to see –
(a) Ganymede’s name carved on the tree
(b) Aliena’s name curved on the tree
(c) Rosalind’s name curved on the tree
(d) Celia’s name curved on the tree
Ans: (c) Rosalind’s name curved on the tree

50) In the forest, Rosalind could easily recognised Orlando by –
(a) a scar on his chest
(b) his shirt
(c) the chain given by her
(d) his hair-style
Ans: (c) the chain given by her

51) Being regret, Oliver sought mercy from –
(a) Celia
(b) the lawful duke
(c) Frederick
(d) Orlando
Ans: (d) Orlando

52) Who fell in love with Oliver?
(a) Aliena
(b) Rosalind
(c) Ganymede
(d) Celia
Ans: (a) Aliena

53) Oliver went Aliena to ask for –
(a) some food
(b) a favour
(c) some money
(d) her hand in marriage
Ans: (d) her hand in marriage

54) Oliver married –
(a) Rosalind
(b) Rose
(c) Celia
(d) Aliena
Ans: (c) Celia

55) Two marriage were held between –
(a) Oliver-Celia and Orlando-Rosalind
(b) Oliver-Rosalind and Orlando Celia
(c) Orlando-Aliena and Oliver-Rosalind
(d) Oliver-Celia and Adam-Rosalind
Ans: (a) Oliver-Celia and Orlando-Rosalind

56) The happy marriages were followed by having –
(a) chicken
(b) venison
(c) mutton
(d) champagne
Ans: (b) venison

57) Frederick was enraged because –
(a) great men followed the old duke
(b) Celia left the palace with Rosalind
(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

58) Frederick decided to return the dukedom to –
(a) Rosalind
(b) Oliver
(c) the lawful duke
(d) Orlando
Ans: (c) the lawful duke

59) Frederick decided to spend the rest of his life –
(a) in the palace
(b) in a cave
(c) in a religious house
(d) in his dukedom
Ans: (c) in a religious house

60) The wedding of the two couples took place in –
(a) a shepherd’s cottage
(b) Duke Frederick’s court
(c) the Forest of Arden
(d) a marriage-hall
Ans: (c) the Forest of Arden

61) The duke thought that the chilling winds were his true –
(a) guardians
(b) friends
(c) friend, philosopher and guide
(d) counsellors
Ans: (d) counsellors

62) ________ resembled his father.
(a) Celia
(b) Oliver
(c) Orlando
(d) Rosalind
Ans: (c) Orlando

63) Rosalind teased Orlando by saying –
(a) “I love you”
(b) “I hate you”
(c) “You are very fool”
(d) “If she would find the lover who had spoiled the bark, she would advise him”
Ans: (d)

64) The duke Frederick was completely changed by a –
(a) priest
(b) begger
(c) hermit
(d) monk
Ans: (c) hermit

65) Frederick disliked Orlando because he was the son of –
(a) Oliver
(b) the banished duke
(c) Sir Rowland de Boys
(d) Adam
Ans: (c) Sir Rowland de Boys

66) As the duke Frederick entered the forest, he met –
(a) warrior
(b) hunter
(c) shepherd
(d) hermit
Ans: (d) hermit

67) Ganymede fainted hearing about the wounds of –
(a) Oliver
(b) Orlando
(c) Frederick
(d) her father
Ans: (b) Orlando

68) Oliver planned to murder Orlando after he won the wrestling match –
(a) by hiring assassins to kill him
(b) by giving him poisonous food
(c) by sprinkling poisonous juice on his clothes
(d) by burning him alive when he slept
Ans: (d) by burning him alive when he slept

69) Orlando’s brother was –
(a) Frederick
(b) Iago
(c) Ganymede
(d) Oliver
Ans: (d) Oliver

70) In the end, the Senior Duke rewarded –
(a) his friends
(b) his daughter
(c) his followers
(d) his son-in-law
Ans: (c) his followers