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Act 3 Scene 1 Q1. Read the extract and answer the following questions. Oliver: O that your highness knew my heart in this I never lov’d my brother in my life. Duke Frederick: More villain thou. Well, push him out of door, And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent upon his house and lands. Do this expediently, and turn him going. 1. Where are the speakers? Who is Oliver? Ans: The speakers are in a room in the Duke’s palace. Oliver is the eldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys, Duke Fredericks enemy. He is the wicked brother of Orlando. 2. Why is the Duke furious? Who is Oliver’s brother? Ans: The Duke had summoned Oliver to know the whereabouts of Orlando. Oliver told the Duke that he had not seen Orlando since the wrestling match. He did not love his brother so he had no information about his whereabouts .The Duke thought that that Oliver was lying to him and became furious. Orlando is Oliver’s brother who has escaped from his house to be safe from Oliver’s plots of killing him. 3. Is the Duke honest about his own assessment just before the extract? Justify. Ans: The Duke told Oliver angrily that if it were not for the most part made of mercy, he would have taken revenge on Oliver instead of his missing brother. The Duke was not correct in his assessment because he had banished his own brother Duke Senior. He had done injustice with his own niece Rosalind too and banished her. Again when Orlando had won the match, he did not appreciate his victory when he was informed that Orlando was Sir Rowland de Boys’ds son. The Duke is wicked, unjust and greedy. 4. What orders does the Duke give Oliver? Ans: The Duke ordered Oliver to search for Orlando by night as well as by day. He had to find his brother and bring him either dead or alive within a year, and if he failed to do so, then he would be outlawed from the Duke’s dominion. 5. Does Oliver deserve the treatment meted out to him by Duke Frederick? Why? Ans: Yes, Oliver deserved the treatment as he got a taste of his own medicine. He had deprived his brother Orlando of his property, and was then in the verge of losing all himself at the orders of the Duke.
Q1. Read the extract and answer the following. Act 3 Scene 2 Touchstone: Truly, thou art damned, like an ill‐roasted egg, all on one side Corin: For not being at court? Your reason. Touchstone: Why, if thou never wast at court, thou never sawest good manners, then thy manners must be wicked; and wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. Thou art in a parlous state, shepherd. 1. Who is Touchstone and Corin? Where are they? Ans: Touchstone is the professional fool in the court of Duke Frederick who accompanies Rosalind and the Duke’s daughter Celia when they escape from his palace. He is known for his sarcastic comments throughout the play. Corin is an old shepherd in the Forest of Arden. They are in the Forest of Arden. 2. Why is Corin damned according to Touchstone? What is Corin’s reply? Ans: According to Touchstone, Corin is damned because he was never at the court, so he never learnt good manners, which made him wicked and wickedness is sin which in turn is damnation. Corin does not agree to Touchstone’s explanation. The good manners of the court would be absurd in the forest, as such ceremonious manners are not suitable in the forest. 3. Who had entered earlier in the scene? What did the person plan to do? Ans: Orlando had entered earlier in the scene. He expressed his love for Rosalind and planned to hang love poems on every bark of every tree and praise the beautiful woman. 4. How had Corin helped Rosalind and Celia earlier? When did Orlando meet the princesses for the first time? Ans: Corin had arranged food and shelter for Rosalind and Celia in the Forest of Arden. Orlando had met them just before the wrestling match in a lawn outside the Duke’s palace. 5. Why does Touchstone say that Corin is a natural philosopher? Ans: Corin’s observations are that a man who lacks money, means and content, lacks three good friends. He further says that the nature of rain is to wet, fire is to burn and a good pasture gives good quality sheep and darkness comes after the setting of the sun. He adds that a person who possesses no wit and no talent could claim that he comes from a backward family. So, Touchstone felt that Corin is a natural philosopher. Q2. Read the extract and answer the questions. Rosalind: I pray you, what is it o’clock? Orlando: You should ask me, what time o ’ day; there’s no clock in the forest. Rosalind: Then there is no true lover in the forest: else sighing every minute and groaning every hour would detect the lazy foot of Time as well as a clock.
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