The Merry Wives Of Windsor Vocabulary Quiz

When Mistress Quickly says “I am glad I am so acquit of this tinderbox,” what does “acquit” mean?

The term “wit” in the play refers to what?

What does “fetch” mean when Falstaff says “fetch me a cup of sack”?

What does “jest” mean in the context of Falstaff’s behavior?

When Falstaff refers to “Green Sleeves,” what kind of reference is that?

What does “nay, I’ll ne’er believe that” translate to today?

What does “quaint” mean when describing Mistress Ford’s cleverness?

When Mistress Page says “I warrant he’ll laugh,” what does “I warrant” mean?

What is meant by “buck-basket”?

What does “cozen” mean when Falstaff speaks of being “cozened”?

What does “by gar” mean when Doctor Caius says it repeatedly?

When Ford calls Falstaff “an old pander,” what is a “pander”?

The term “cuckold” in the play refers to what?

What does “thou art a tyrant to say so” express in modern English?

When characters say “marry,” as in “Marry, this is not well,” what does “marry” function as?

What is meant by “jesting-stock”?

When Ford calls Falstaff a “lubber,” what is he insulting him for?

When Falstaff says “I am dejected,” what is he expressing?

When Falstaff says “wit may be made a Jack-a-Lent,” what is a “Jack-a-Lent”?

When Ford says “jealousy is a green-eyed monster,” what device and meaning combine here?

The word “warrant” as used by the Host means what?

The word “sack” in Falstaff’s speech refers to what?

The word “fantastical” in the play suggests what quality?

What does “knave” mean when Falstaff uses it?

The word “gossip” originally meant what in Shakespeare’s time?

The phrase “plague of all cowards” spoken by Falstaff expresses what?

When Mistress Page says “the world shall know of it,” what does “shall” convey here?

The term “wench” as used by Falstaff refers to what?

When Mistress Quickly says “by my troth,” what does “troth” mean?

In Elizabethan English, what does the word “merry” most closely mean in the play’s title?