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As You Like It
William Shakespeare
Study Guide
NO FEAR
Translation
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Act I, scene i
Act I, scenes ii–iii
Act II, scenes i–iv
Act II, scenes v–vii
Act III, scenes i–ii
Act III, scenes iii–v
Act IV, scenes i–ii
Act IV, scene iii
Act V, scenes i–iii
Act V, scene iv & Epilogue
Characters
Character List
Rosalind
Orlando
Jaques
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Nature
Love
Gender
Quotes By Section
Act I, scene i
Act I, scenes ii–iii
Act II, scenes i–iv
Act II, scenes v–vii
Act III, scenes i–ii
Act III, scenes iii–v
Act IV, scenes i–ii
Act IV, scene iii
Act V, scenes i–iii
Act V, scene iv & Epilogue
Quotes By Character
Orlando
Rosalind
Jaques
Celia
Touchstone
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Act 1, scene i
Act 1, scenes ii-iii
Act 2, scenes i-iv
Act 2, scenes v-vii
Act 3, scenes i-ii
Act 3, scenes iii-v
Act 4, scenes i-ii
Act 4, scene iii
Act 5, scenes i-iii
Act 5, scene iv & Epilogue
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further Study
Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quiz
Further Study
Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quiz
1
of 5
As You Like It breaks with the courtly tradition by portraying love not as suffering, but as ___.
A lie
An assault against nature
A distraction from intelligence
A force for happiness
2
of 5
In As You Like It, characters' transformations in personality and appearance can be described as ___.
Permanent
Instantaneous
Time-consuming
Tragic
3
of 5
Which of the following is not a motif in As You Like It?
Fighting
Artifice
Homoeroticism
Exile
4
of 5
Which of the following is not a symbol in As You Like It?
Orlando's poems
The slain deer
The monastery
Ganymede
5
of 5
What do deer horns placed atop the hunter's head symbolize?
Victory
Cuckoldry
Wealth
Royalty
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