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Who is the heroine in the play As You Like It?
Rosalind
Where does Rosalind seek safety and love in As You Like It?
Forest of Arden
Which character in As You Like It speaks the famous line 'All the world's a stage'?
Jaques
In what year was As You Like It first published in the First Folio?
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Why is Rosalind permitted to stay at court?
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What alias does Rosalind assume in the forest of Arden?
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Why does Orlando flee his home?
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Who is 'the melancholy Jaques' lamenting over in the forest of Arden?
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Who does Rosalind pretend to be when meeting Orlando?
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Which character falls in love with Ganymede, who is actually Rosalind in disguise?
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Who tries to woo the dull-witted shepherdess Audrey in the play?
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Who does Oliver fall in love with in the forest, thinking she is Aliena?
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Which character rescues Oliver from a lioness in the forest?
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Who declines the invitation to return to the court and prefers to adopt a religious life at the end of the play?
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Why is Orlando forced to flee his home?
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Who are 'Ganymede' and 'Aliena' disguised as upon arriving in the Arcadian Forest of Arden?
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What role does the character Corin play in the story?
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Who is introduced weeping over the slaughter of a deer in the Arcadian Forest of Arden?
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Who does Phebe fall in love with in the play As You Like It?
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What is the alias Rosalind uses when she meets Orlando in As You Like It?
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Who tries to marry Audrey in the play As You Like It?
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In As You Like It, who threatens to kill William 'a hundred and fifty ways'?
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Which source did Thomas Lodge use for his work 'Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie'?
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When was 'As You Like It' first printed in a collected edition of Shakespeare's plays?
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Where was William Shakespeare born and raised?
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How many children did William Shakespeare have with Anne Hathaway?
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What was the name of the playing company that William Shakespeare was a part-owner of in London?
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At what age did William Shakespeare retire to Stratford?
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During which period did Shakespeare mainly write tragedies like Hamlet and Othello?
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Which term is used to describe the type of plays Shakespeare wrote in the last phase of his life?
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Who were the two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare who published the First Folio in 1623?
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What is the famous epithet given to Shakespeare by Ben Jonson in the Preface of the First Folio?
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Where was Shakespeare baptized?
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At what age did Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway?
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Which school is believed to have educated Shakespeare during his childhood?
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When was Shakespeare's date of birth traditionally observed?
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Who guaranteed the marriage between Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway?
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When were Shakespeare's twins, Hamnet and Judith, baptized?
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What led to Shakespeare's 'lost years' between 1585 and 1592?
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According to Nicholas Rowe, why did Shakespeare supposedly flee Stratford for London?
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Which of Shakespeare's children died at the age of 11?
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In what book did Shakespeare's coat of arms appear featuring spears as a pun on the family name?
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How did John Ward suggest Shakespeare died?
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Why did Thomas Quiney have to do public penance?
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Who was Shakespeare's elder daughter that he left the bulk of his estate to?
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What did Shakespeare leave to his wife, Anne, in his will?
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Where was Shakespeare buried after his death?
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When did Shakespeare retire?
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What event led to Shakespeare writing fewer plays after 1610?
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Why did Shakespeare have less acting work in London during certain years?
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What role did John Fletcher likely take over from Shakespeare?
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In which year did Shakespeare buy a gatehouse in Blackfriars priory?
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