Comedy of Errors Quiz

Many consider The Comedy of Errors to be

• Satirical

• Farcical

• Tragic

• Political

Chapters in books:: ____ in plays

In which Greek city does the entire action of "The Comedy of Errors" take place?

• Epidaurus

• Syracuse

• Epidamnon

• Ephesus

Match the following

• Bad-tempered

• Antipholus of Syracuse

• Bumbling

• Adriana

• Resentful

• Dromio of Ephesus

• Curious

• Antipholus of Ephesus

What is another word for "Enmity"?

• Proximity

• Vicinity

• Hostility

• Jealousy

The play makes frequent use of

• Soliloquy

• Dark humour

• Fight Scenes

• Slapstick humour

"Was there ever any man thus beaten out of season,
When in the why and the wherefore is neither rhyme nor reason?"
Which is the closest in meaning to the phrase?

• Without music

• Without reasonable explanation

• Without poetry

• Without a sign of peace

What is the crime that Egeon is accused of at the beginning of the play?

• Impersonating a noble

• Smuggling

• • Being from Syracuse

• Theft