On the Elizabethan stage, the language was lively, pun-laden, and words like “fobbed” and “cozenage” were the currency of the street. This Comedy Of Errors Vocabulary Quiz is all about the specific archaic terms and insults that make the Bard’s rowdiest and most energetic script. Here to prove your mastery of the sixteenth-century lexicon.
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Comedy Of Errors Vocabulary Quiz Questions
- What does the word “cozenage” mean in the play?
- What does “familiarly” most nearly mean as used by Antipholus?
- What does “drover” refer to in Shakespeare’s time?
- What does “balm” symbolize when mentioned metaphorically?
- What does “importune” mean when Adriana uses it?
- What does “knave” mean when Dromio is called one?
- What does “choler” refer to when used by Adriana?
- What is meant by “baggage” when used as an insult?
- What does “farce” describe in the context of the play?
- What does the term “burden” mean in Egeon’s opening speech?
- What does “peradventure” mean in Shakespeare’s language?
- What does “haste” imply when used repeatedly in the play?
- What does “wit” mean when applied to Dromio’s humor?
- What does “wench” mean in the comedic context?
- What does “surfeit” refer to when mentioned by Adriana?
- What does “melancholy” mean in Shakespeare’s usage?
- What does “jest” mean when Dromio speaks of jokes?
- What does “sovereign” mean in the Duke’s speech?
- What does “pate” mean when Dromio complains of beatings?
- What does “haply” mean when used in Shakespeare’s dialogue?
- What does “arrant” mean when Adriana calls Dromio an arrant knave?
- What does “shrew” mean in Elizabethan English?
- What does “villain” mean when not used literally?
- What does “quoth” signify in Shakespeare’s writing?
- What does “succor” mean when Egeon speaks of help?
- What does “wrack” mean in the phrase “the wrack of sea”?
- What does “pilgrimage” mean when used metaphorically?
- What does “arrant fool” express?
- What does “minion” mean when used insultingly?
- What does “jesting” suggest about Dromio’s tone?