Why does Shakespeare use a pastoral setting to criticise the artificiality of courtly life? 4. All you have to do to master the various concepts in this As You Like It Literary Devices Quiz is to understand the metaphors and puns. Let’s start by looking beyond the surface level of the verse.
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As You Like It Literary Devices Quiz Questions
- The frequent contrast between court life and forest life is an example of what device?
- When Orlando hangs love poems on trees, what device is present?
- What does the “lioness” that attacks Oliver symbolize?
- When Shakespeare exaggerates Orlando’s love-sick behavior, what device is used?
- Rosalind’s line “Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love” uses what device?
- When the fool comments on human nature with wit and truth, what device is evident?
- The repetition of consonant sounds in lines like “Sweetest nut hath sourest rind” is what device?
- The use of shepherds and rustic life to critique courtly society represents what technique?
- When Jaques moralizes about the deer’s suffering, what device is used?
- Rosalind’s gender disguise leading to comic confusion employs what device?
- What device is evident when Duke Frederick’s sudden repentance ends the conflict?
- The frequent use of songs and verse in the forest serves what literary function?
- The contrast between Touchstone’s courtly wit and rustic humor is an example of what?
- When Jaques calls Touchstone “wise fool,” what device is being used?
- The recurring theme of disguise and mistaken identity reflects what device?
- When Orlando’s name means “famous throughout the land,” what device is this?
- The transformation of characters in Arden reflects what literary concept?
- When Duke Senior compares the forest to “tongues in trees,” what device appears?
- The play’s title “As You Like It” suggests what literary device?
- When Rosalind instructs Orlando in love while disguised, what device creates humor?
- The coexistence of foolishness and wisdom in Touchstone represents what device?
- When songs comment on events indirectly, what device is at work?
- The repeated references to nature’s moral lessons represent what device?
- When Celia declares she will share Rosalind’s exile, what literary device is used to express devotion?
- The “Seven Ages of Man” speech illustrates what form of structure?
- What literary device is used when Jaques says “All the world’s a stage”?
- What device is present when Duke Senior finds comfort in exile, calling adversity “sweet”?
- What does the Forest of Arden symbolize in the play?
- When Touchstone humorously twists words to mock others, what device is being used?
- Rosalind disguising herself as Ganymede represents what literary concept?