Cell 1.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1

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1 Cell 1.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 SHALLOW: Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire SLENDER: In the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and Coram. SHALLOW: Ay, cousin Slender, and Custalourum. SUMMARY: Shallow asks Sir Hugh Evans not to persuade him to do something because he can make it into a harsh situation and no matter what, Sir John Falstaffs will not be able to abuse him. Slender, Shallow s cousin, tells Shallow that the county of Gloucester is of justice and peace. QUESTIONS: Who does Shallow say cannot abuse him? In the quote above the word esquire most closely means a) an English gentlemen b) an army man c) a pirate d) a fool Do you think Shallow is being cocky?

2 Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it a) Sir Hugh, don t persuade me or I will make star-shaped cookies. b) Sir Hugh, don t persuade me or I will make scientific matters of out this. c) Sir Hugh, don t persuade me or I will make matters worse. d) Sir Hugh, persuade me, just kidding! I will make it alright.

3 Cell 2.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 SIR HUGH EVANS: Yes, py r lady; if he has a quarter of your coat, there is but three skirts for yourself, in my simple conjectures: but that is all one. If Sir John Falstaff have committed disparagements unto you, I am of the church, and will be glad to do my benevolence to make atonements and compremises between you. SHALLOW: The council shall bear it; it is a riot. SUMMARY: Sir Hugh Evans, whom is a member of a clergy, volunteers to be the mediator in the situation, but Shallow rejects the offer. QUESTIONS: What does Sir Hugh Evans want to do? In the quote above the word disparagements most closely means a) to speak in a sinful way b) to speak in a disrespectful way c) to speak in a funny way d) to speak in a drunk way Was it right for Sir Hugh Evans to jump into the situation? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase:

4 I am of the church, and will be glad to do my benevolence to make atonements and compremises between you. a) I am God and I will gladly fix the situation between the both of you. b) I work in the church and I ll gladly do my job to make a compromise for the both of you. c) I just got out of church and will make music for the both of you. d) I live in a church and will gladly give directions on how to get there.

5 Cell 3.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 SHALLOW: Ha! o my life, if I were young again, the sword should end it. SIR HUGH EVANS: It is petter that friends is the sword, and end it: and there is also another device in my prain, which peradventure prings goot discretions with it: there is Anne Page, which is daughter to Master Thomas Page, which is pretty virginity. SLENDER: Mistress Anne Page? She has brown hair, and speaks like a small woman. SUMMARY: Shallow says that if he were young again, a sword fight would have ended this problem. Sir Hugh doesn t think a sword fight is a good idea, but he has another idea, which is that Anne Page might be able to help this situation. QUESTIONS: What does Shallow think would end this problem if he were younger? In the quote above the word peradventure most closely means a) another word for adventure b) another word for love c) another word for perhaps d) another word for could

6 Do you think Anne Page can help? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Ha! o my life, if I were young again, the sword should end it. a) Ha! I feel like I m 20 years younger; I declare a sword fight. b) Ha! If I was young, I would buy a sword. c) Ha! If I were younger, a duel would end this. d) Ha! This sword ends my younger years.

7 Cell 4.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 SIR HUGH EVANS: Knocks What, hoa! Got pless your house here! PAGE[WITHIN]: Who s there? SIR HUGH EVANS: Here is Got s plessing, and your friend, and Justice Shallow; and here young Master Slender, that peradventures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow to your likings. PAGE: I am glad to see your worships well. I thank you for my venison, Master Shallow. SHALLOW: Master Page, I am glad to see you: much good do it your good heart! I wished your venison better; it was ill killed. How doth good Mistress Page? and I thank you always with my heart, la! with my heart. SUMMARY: Sir Hugh Evans, Shallow, and Slender go to Master Page s house. Page thanks Shallow for giving him venison. QUESTIONS: What does Master Page thank Shallow for? In the quote above the word venison most closely means

8 a) prayers b) jewelry c) deer meat d) snake What do you think they will discuss at Master Page s house? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Here is Got s plessing, and your friend, and Justice Shallow; and here young Master Slender, that peradventures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow to your likings. a) We are here to tell you something, if you don t mind. b) We are here to read you a goodnight story. c) We are here to share some gossip, if it interests you. d) We are here to sing you your favorite song.

9 Cell 5.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 SHALLOW: If it be confessed, it is not redress d: is not that so, Master Page? He hath wronged me; indeed he hath, at a word, he hath, believe me: Robert Shallow, esquire, saith, he is wronged. PAGE: Here comes Sir John FALSTAFF: Now, Master Shallow, you ll complain of me to the king? SHALLOW: Knight, you have beaten my men, killed my deer, and broke open my lodge. SUMMARY: Master Page and Shallow get into a conversation which is interrupted by Sir John Falstaff. QUESTIONS: Who interrupts the conversation between Master Page and Shallow? In the quote above the word redress d most closely means a) to dress again b) to address c) to undress d) to adjust Do you think Sir John Falstaff and Shallow will get into a fight?

10 Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Now, Master Shallow, you ll complain of me to the king? a) Master Shallow, are you complaining about me to the king? b) Master Shallow, will you make a complaint for me to the king? c) Master Shallow, the king is complaining to me about you. d) Master Shallow, are you making complaints about the king to me?

11 Cell 6.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 SLENDER: Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you; and against your cony-catching rascals, Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol. BARDOLPH: You Banbury cheese! SLENDER: Ay, it is no matter. PISTOL: How now, Mephostophilus SLENDER: Ay, it is no matter. NYM: Slice, I say! pauca pauca: slice! that s my humour. SUMMARY: Slender gets into a verbal fight with Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol (Falstaff s lackeys). QUESTIONS: Who does Slender not like? In the quote above the word rascal most closely means a) a rodent b) a mischievous person c) a little person d) a kitten What do you think will happen next? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you

12 a) Sir, I have bad thoughts about you. b) Sir, I am against you. c) Sir, marry me, though I m against you. d) Sir Marry, I don t agree with you.

13 Cell 7.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 FALSTAFF: Pistol, did you pick Master Slender s purse? SLENDER: Ay, by these gloves, did he, or I would I might never come in mine own great chamber again else, of seven groats in mill-sixpences, and two Edward shovel-boards, that cost me two shilling and two pence apiece of Yead Miller, by these gloves. FALSTAFF: Is this true, Pistol? SIR HUGH EVANS: No; it is false, if it is a pick-purse. PISTOL: Ha, thou mountain-foreigner! Sir John and Master mine, I combat challenge of this latten bilbo. Word of denial in thy labras here! Word of denial: froth and scum, thou liest! SUMMARY: Slender accuses Pistol of stealing from him. QUESTIONS: Does Sir Hugh Evans think Pistol pick-pocketed from Slender? In the quote above the word froth most closely means a) to clean b) to scream c) to foam

14 d) to run Do you think Pistol pick-pocketed Slender? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I combat challenge of this latten bilbo. a) I challenge that thin piece of metal. b) I want to fight against him with this thin sword. c) I fought against him with a scrap of metal. d) I ll challenge him to a sword battle.

15 Cell 8.Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 SIR HUGH EVANS: Marry, is it; the very point of it; to Mistress Anne Page. SLENDER: Why, if it be so, I will marry her upon any reasonable demands. SIR HUGH EVANS: But can you affection the oman? Let us command to know that of your mouth or of your lips; for divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. Therefore, precisely, can you carry your good will to the maid? SHALLOW: Cousin Abraham Slender, can you love her? SLENDER: I hope, sir, I will do as it shall become one that would do reason. SIR HUGH EVANS: Nay, Got s lords and his ladies! you must speak possitable, if you can carry her your desires towards her. SHALLOW: That you must. Will you, upon good dowry, marry her? SLENDER: I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request, cousin, in any reason. SUMMARY: Sir Hugh Evans, Shallow, and Slender consider the thought of Slender s marrying Mistress Anne Page, Master Page s daughter.

16 QUESTIONS: Who might marry whom? In the quote above the word dowry most closely means a) Intention to marry b) Money for marrying c) Shelter for a wedding d) Instinct to divorce Do you think Slender will marry Mistress Anne Page? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I will marry her upon any reasonable demands. a) I will marry her for any reason at all b) I will marry her only if I approve of her c) I will marry her if you reasonably want me to d) I will marry her only if I have to

17 Cell 1 Pistol: Let vultures gripe thy guts! for gourd and fullam holds, And high and low beguiles the rich and poor: Tester I ll have in pouch when thou shalt lack, Base Phrygian Turk! Nym: I have operations which be humours of revenge. Pistol: Wilt thou revenge? Nym: By welkin and her star! Pistol: With wit or steel? Nym: With both the humours, I: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page. Pistol: And I to Ford shall eke unfold How Falstaff, varlet vile, His dove will prove, his gold will hold, And his soft couch defile. Nym: My humour shall not cool: I will incense page to deal with poison; I will possess him with Yellowness, for the revolt of mine is dangerous: that is my true humour. Pistol:

18 Thou art the Mars of malecontents: I second thee; Troop on. Summary Pistol and Nym are planning on doing a revenge. R.C What are Nym and Pistol trying to do? Vocab The word Beguile most closely means a) mislead b) continue c) guide d) assist D.Q Will Nym and Pistol succeed? Choose the correct form Go; and we ll have a posset for t soon at night, in faith, at the latter and of the sea-coal fire. a) Go; and we ll have a posset for t soon at night, i, at the latter and of the sea-coal fire. b) Go; and we will have a posset for t soon at night, in faith, at the latter and of the seacoal fire. c) Go; and we ll have a posset fort soon at day light, in faith, at the latter and of the sea-coal fire. d) Go and we ll have a posset for t soon at night, in faith, an at the latter and of the sea-coal fire.

19 Cell 2 Mistress Quickly What, John Rugby! I pray thee, go to the casement, and see if you can see my master, Master Doctor Caius, coming. If he do, I faith, and find any body in the house, here will be an old abusing of God s patience and the king s English. Rugby I ll go watch. Mistress Quickly Go; and we ll have a posset for t soon at night, in faith, at the latter and of the sea-coal fire. Summary: Mistress Quickly is asking Rugby to go see if her master is coming because he doesn t like anyone to be in his house, and if he finds somebody he ll go crazy. R.C What is the Mistress asking Rugby to do? Vocab. The word casement most closely means a) door b) window c) hole d) glass D.Q Do you think the Mistress master will me coming?

20 Choose the correct form No, forsooth/ he hath but a little wee face with a little yellow beard a Cain-colored beard. a) No, forsooth: he hath but a little wee face with a little yellow beard, a Cain-colored beard. b) No, forsooth: He hath but a little wee face, with a little yellow beard, a cain-colored beard. c) No, forsooth; he hath but a little wee face, with a little yelllow beard, a Cain-colored beard. d) No, forsooth: he hath but a little wee face, with a little yellow beard, a Cain-colored beard.

21 Cell 3 Simple Ay, for fault of a better. Mistress Quickly And Master Slender s your master? Simple Ay, forsooth. Mistress Quickly Does he not wear a great round beard, like a glover s paring-knife? Simple No, forsooth: he hath but a little wee face, with a little yellow beard, a Cain-colored beard. Mistress Quickly A softly-sprighted man, is he not? Simple Ay, frosooth: but he is as tall a man of his hands as any is between this and his head; he hath fought with a warrener. Mistress Quickly How say you? O, I should remember him: does he not Hold up his head, as it were, and strut in his gait? Simple

22 Yes, indeed, does he. Mistress Quickly Well, heaven send Anne Page no worse fortune! Tell Master Parson Evans I will do what I can for your master: Anne is a good girl, and I wish-- Summary Simple is describing his master to Mistress Quickly. His master is Slender, he has a little yellow beard and short. R.C What is the name of Simple s master? D.Q What does the mistress wishes? Choose the correct form And I to Ford shall eke unfold How Falstaff, varlet vile, His dove will prove, his gold will hold, And his soft couch defile. a) And I to Ford shall have unfold How Falstaff, varlet vile, His dove will prove, his gold will hold, And his soft couch defile. b) And I to Ford shall eke unfold How Falstaff, varlet vile. His dove will prove, his gold will hold, And his soft couch defile. c) And I to Ford shall eke unfold How Falstaff, varlet vile, His dove will prove, his hold will gold, And his soft couch defile. d) And I to Ford shall eke unfold How False, varlet vile, His dove will prove, his gold will hold, And his soft couch defile.

23 Cell 4 Rugby Out, alas! Here comes my master. Mistress Quickly We shall all be shent. Run in here, good young man; go into this closet: he will not stay long. Shuts simple in the closet What, John Rugby! John! what, John, I say! Go, John, go inquire for my master; I doubt he be not well, that he come not home. Doctor Caius Vat is you sing? I do not like des toys. Pray you, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier vert, a box, a green-a box: do intend vat I speak? A green-a box. Mistress Quickly Ay, forsooth; I ll fetch it to you. Summary The Mistress master has come and Rugby warn her like she had asked him to earlier. She hid Simple in a closet. R.C Where did the Mistress hid Simple? Vocab. The word inquire most closely means a) expect

24 b) ask c) look d) dream D.Q Where is Doctor Caius from? Chose the correct form To desire his honest gentlewomen, your maid, to speak a good word to Mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage. a) To desire this honest gentlewomen, your maid, to speak a wonderful word to Miss Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage. b) To desire this honest gentle women your maid to speak a good word to Mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage. c) To desire this honest gentlewomen, your maid, to speak a good word to Mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage. d) To desire this honest gentlewomen, your maid, to speak a good word to Miss Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage.

25 Cell 5 Doctor Caius Fe, fe, fe, fe! ma foi, il fait fort chaud. Je m en vais a la cour--la grande affaire. Mistress Quickly Is it this,sir? Doctor Caius Oui; mette le au mon pocket: depeche, quickly. Vere is dat knave Rugby? Mistress Quickly What, John Rugby! John! Rugby Here, sir! Doctor Caius You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. Come, take-a your rapier, and come after my heel to the court. Rugby Tis ready, sir, here in the porch. Doctor Caius By my trot, I tarry to long. Od s me! Qu ai-joule! Dere is some simples in my closet, dat I vill not for the varid I shall leave behind. Mistress Quickly Ay me, he ll find the young man here, and be mad! Doctor Caius O diable, diable! Vat is in my closet? Villain! larron!

26 Summary: The Mistress was worried that the Doctor will find simple and he did. R.C Did Doctor Caius find Simple? Vocab: The word diable most closely means a) angel b) god c) hero d) devil R.Q What will the Doctor Caius do to simple? Chose the correct form I beseech you, be not so phlegmatico. Hear the truth of it: he came of an error to me from Parson Hugh. a) I beseech you; be not so phlegmatic. Hear the truth of it, he came of an errand to me from Parson Hugh. b) I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic. Hear the truth of it: he came of an errand to me from parson hugh. c) I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic. Listen to the truth of it: he came of an errand to me from Parson Hugh. d) I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic. Hear the truth of it: he came of an errand to me from Parson Hugh.

27 Cell 6 Mistress Quickly Good master, be content. Doctor Caius Wherefore shall I be content-a? Mistress Quickly The young man is an honest man. Doctor Caius What shall de honest man do in my closet? dere is no honest man dat shall come in my closet. Mistress Quickly I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic. Hear the truth of it: he came of an errand to me from Parson Hugh. Doctor Caius Vell. Simple Ay, forsooth; to desire her to-- Mistress Quickly Peace, I pray you. Doctor Caius Peace-a your tongue. Speak-a your tale. Simple To desire this honest gentlewomen, your maid, to speak a good word to Mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage. Mistress Quickly This is all, indeed, la! but I ll ne er put my

28 finger in the fire, and need not. Doctor Caius Sir Hugh send-a you? Rugby, baille me some paper. Tarry you a little-a while. Summary Mistress was telling her master that simple was and honest man an that he should be happy, and he told her why should he be happy and if he were an honest man why was he hiding in his closet. Simple told him he was sending a message to the mistress from his master, his master had sent Simple to tell the Mistress to ask Anne Page to marry him. R.C What did the master of Simple sent him to do? Vocab. The word beseech most closely means a) offer b) Implore c) speak d) reveal D.Q What do you think Anne Page will say? Chose the correct form Vat is you sing? I do not like des toys. Pray you, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier vert, a box, a green-a box: do intend vat I speak? A green-a box. a) Vat is you sing, a carol?i do not like des toys. Pray you, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier vert, a box, a green-a box: do intend vat I speak? A green-a box. b) Vat is you sing? I do not like the toys. Pray thee, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier vert, a box, a green-a box: do intend vat I speak? A green-a box. c) Vat is you sing? I do not like toys. Pray you, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier vert, a box, a green-a box: do intend what I speak? A green-a box. d) Vat is you sing? I do not like des toys. Pray you, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier verte, a box, a green-a box; do intend vat I speak? A green-a box.

29 Cell 7 Mistress Quickly Alas, he speaks but for his friend. Doctor Caius It is no matter-a ver datl: do not tell-a me dat I shall have Anne Page for myself? By gar, I vill kill de Jack Priest; and I have appointed mine host of de Jarteer to measure our weapon. By gar, I will myself have Anne Page. Mistress Quickly Sir, the maid loves you, and all shall be well. We Must give folks leave to prate: what, the good-jer! Doctor Caius Rugby, come to the court with me. By gar, if I have not Anne Page, I shall turn your head out of my door. Follow my heels, Rugby. Mistress Quickly You shall have An fool s head of your own. No, I know Anne s mind for that: never a woman in Windsor knows more of Anne s mind than I do; nor can do more than I do with her, I thank heaven. Summary Doctor Caius is telling Mistress Quickly that Anne Page is his and that he will kill Simple s master if he likes her. Mistress Quickly is telling her master that Anne loves him and that everything will be O.K. R.C Does Anne like Doctor Caius? Vocab. The word weapon most closely means a) sword

30 b) paper c) computer d) hair D.Q Chose the correct form What, John Rugby! John! what, John, I say! Go, John, go inquire for my master; I doubt he be not well, that he come not home. a) What, John Rugby! John! what, John, I say! Go, John, go inquire for my maaster; I dooubt he be not well, that he come not home. b) What, John Rugby. John. what, John, I say Go, John, go inquire for my master; I doubt he be not well, that he come not come from home. c) What, John Rugby! John! what, John, I say! Go, John, go inquire for my master: I doubt he be not well, that he come not home. d) What, John Rugby? John! what, John, I say! Go, John, go inquire for my master; he will I doubt he be not well, that he come not home.

31 Act I, Scene I, Cell I: The Argument Quote: Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Starchamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire. Summary: Shallow has a complaint against Falstaff, who has insulted him. Reading Comprehension: Who has a complaint? Discussion Question: Who do you think started this argument? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word starchamber most closely means a) A room at the Exchequer where the chests containing certain Jewish contracts and obligations called stars were kept.

32 b) A room for prisoners to do their business. c) A room where the lords and high authorities meet. d) No place like home. Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. In the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and 'Coram. A) In the county of Gloucester justice of peace and 'Coram. B) In the county of Gloucester justice of peace and Coram. C) In the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and 'Coram. D) In the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and Coram. E) Correct as is

33 Cell #2: Ignore the Complaint Quote: The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; it agrees well, passant; it is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. Summary: Evans entreats Shallow to forget his grievances, since there are more important matters at hand. Reading Comprehension: Who wants Shallow to forget this? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word louses most closely means a) gigantic beasts b) parasites c) ants

34 d) bees Discussion Question: What important matters do you think Evans is talking about? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman was born, master person; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. A) Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself Armigero in any bill and warrant and quittance or obligation, Armigero. B) Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master person; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation Armigero. C) Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. D) Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. E) Correct as is.

35 Cell #3: In front of Page s Door Quote: Here is Got s plessing, and your friend and Justice Shallow; and here young Master Slender, that peradventures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow to your likings. Summary: Shallow, Slender, and Sir Hugh Evans are now at Page s door. They say that they will tell another tale. Reading Comprehension: Whose door are they at? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word peradventures most closely means? a) For sure, without a doubt b) Chance or uncertainty c) naturally d) don t know

36 Discussion Question: If people do not want to hear your story, would you still tell them anyways? Why? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. What hao, got pless your house here! A) What, hao! Got pless your house here! B) What hao, got bless your house here. C) What, how! Got pless your house here! D) What, hao! got bless your house here! E) Correct as is.

37 Cell #4: The Greeting Quote: Master Page, I am glad to see you: much good do it your good heart! I wished your venison better; it was ill killed. How doth good Mistress Page? and I thank you always with my heart, la! with my heart. Summary: Here Shallow is saying that he is very happy to see Master Page. They then start talking about what happened to Shallow. Reading Comprehension: Who is very happy to see Master Page? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word venison most closely means? a) Meat from a deer used as food b) Meat from a chicken c) Meat from a pig d) Vegetables used as

38 Discussion Question: Why is Shallow very happy to see Master Page? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. Sir, I thank you by yea and no, I do. A) Sir, I thank you by yea and no, I do. B) Sir, I thank you; by yea and no, I do. C) Sir, I thank you, by yea and no I do. D) Sir, I thank you by yes and no I do. E) Correct as is.

39 Cell #5: The Complaint Quote: Falstaff- Now, Master Shallow, you ll complain of me to the king? Shallow- Knight, you have beaten my men, killed my deer, and broke open my lodge. Summary: Shallow has a complaint that Falstaff beat up his men, killed his deer, and broke into his house. Reading Comprehension: Who complains that who did what? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word lodge most closely means a) A short period of time b) A small house c) A position d) A complaint

40 Discussion Question: What would you do to your enemy? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. The tevil and his tam! What phrase is this, He hears with ear? why, it is affectations. A) The devil and his dam! What phrase is this, He hears with ear? Why, it is affectations. B) The tevil and his tam, what phrase is this, He hears with ear why, it is affectations. C) The devil and his ham! What phrase is this, He hears with ear why, it is affectations. D) The tevil and his tam! what phrase is this, He hears with ear? why it is affectations. E) Correct as is.

41 Cell#6: The Council Quote: Shallow- The council shall know this. Falstaff- Twere better for you if it were known in counsel: you ll be laughed at. Summary: Shallow says that he will tell the council about what had happen to him. Falstaff then says if Shallow does tell the council, he will be laughed at. Reading Comprehension: What does Falstaff say will happen to Shallow if he tells the Council? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word council most closely means a) Houses owned by the government b) A house that the governor lives in c) A group of people appointed or elected to make laws or decisions d) A lawyer related person

42 Discussion Question: Why do you think Falstaff said Shallow was going to get laughed at? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. Good wort! Good cabbage, Slender, I broke your h ea,: what matter have you against me? A) Good worts! Good cabbage. Slender, I broke your head: what matter have you against me? B) Good worts! Good cabbage, Slender, I broke your head: what matter have you against me? C) Good worts! Good cabbage. Slender, I broke your head; what matter have you against me? D) Good worts! Good cabbage, Slender. I broke your head, what matter have you against me? E) Correct as is

43 Cell #7: Who did it? Quote: Falstaff- Pistol, did you pick Master Slender s purse? Slender- Ay, by these gloves, did he, or I would I might never come in mine own great chamber again else, of seven groats in millsixpences, and two Edward shovelboards, that cost me two shilling and two pence apiece of Yead Miller, by these gloves. Falstaff- Is this true, Pistol? Summary: Falstaff asked Pistol if he stole money from Slender. Slender then says that because he lost his money he had to trade all this stuff to get what he needed. Reading Comprehension: Who did Slender said that stole his money? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word shilling most closely means

44 a) To lure a person into something b) To kill a person c) To steal from a person d) A small denomination coin Discussion Question: Who do you think stole Slender s money? Why? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. Ha thou mountain foreigner! Sir John and Master mine, I combat challenge of this latten bilbo. Word of denial in thy labras here! Word of denial: froth and scum, thou lies! A) Ha, thou mountain-foreigner! Sir John and Master mine, I combat challenge of this latten Bilbo. Word of denial in thy labras here! Word of denial: froth and scum, thou lies! B) Ha, thou mountain-foreigner! Sir John and Master mine, I combat challenge of this latten bilbo. Word of denial in thy labras here, word of denial, froth and scum, thou liest! C) Ha, thou mountain foreigner Sir John and Master mine, I combat challenge of this latten Bilbo, Word of denial in thy labras here! Word of denial froth and scum, thou liest! D) Ha, thou mountain-foreigner! Sir John and Master mine, I combat challenge of this latten bilbo. Word of denial in thy labras here! Word of denial: froth and scum, thou liest! E) Correct as is.

45 Cell #8: What they Believe Happened Quote: Slender- By this hat, then, he in the red face had it; for though I cannot remember what I did when you made me drunk, yet I am not altogether an ass. Falstaff- What say you, Scarlet and John? Bardolph- Why, sir, for my part I say the gentleman had drunk himself out of his five sentences. Summary: Slender said that the others got him drunk and that is why he didn t remember clearly about what had happen to him. Bardolph then said Slender got himself drunk. Reading Comprehension: What did Bardolph say about Slender? Mistress Ford, by my troth, you are very well met: by your leave, good mistress.

46 Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word troth most closely means a) Pledge b) Truth c) Relevant d) Divorce Discussion Question: Would you notice what had happened to you if you were passed-out drunk? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. Wife, bid this gentlemen welcome. Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner: come, gentlemen; I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. A) Wife, bid these gentlemen welcome. Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner, come gentlemen I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. B) Wife, bid these gentlemen welcome, come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner, come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. C) Wife, bid these gentlemen welcome. Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner: come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. D) Wife, bid this gentlemen, welcome. Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner: come, gentlemen, I

47 hope we shall drink down all unkindness. E) Correct as is

48 Cell#9: The Dinner Quote: Page- PAGE- Wife, bid these gentlemen welcome. Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner: come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. Summary: Page invites everyone to have dinner with him. Reading Comprehension: Who does Page invite to have dinner with him? Vocabulary Question: In the quote above the word b id most closely means a) command b) answer c) lure d) wish

49 Comprehension Question: What do you think will happen at the dinner table? Consider the following sentence from the text and decide whether one of the choices below is better or if it is correct as is. Give ear to his motions, Master Slender: I will description the matter to you, if you be capacity of it. A) Give ear to his motions, Master Slender: I will description the matter to you if you be capacity of it. B) Give ear to his motions, Master Slender I will description the matter to you, if you be capacity of it. C) Give ear to his motions Master Slender: I will description the matter to you, if you be capacity of it. D) Give ear to his motions Master Slender I will description the matter to you, if you be capacity of it. E) Correct as is.

50 Act I Scene IV A room in DOCTOR CAIUS house Cell #1 Rugby: Out, alas! Here comes my master. MISTRESS QUICKLY: We shall all be shent. Run in here, good young man; go into this closet: He will not stay long. Shuts SIMPLE in the closet Rugby s Master (Doctor Caius) is coming. Mistress Quickly orders Simple into the closet. 1) Why does Mistress order Simple into the closet? 2) Do you think the master will find him?

51 3) A fortnight before means In the quote above the word fortnight most closely A. 2 years B. 2 months C. 2 weeks D. 2 days 4) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I am glad he went not in himself: if he had found the young man, he would have been horn-mad. A. Im glad he didn t go to look himself because if he found the young man he would have bean mad. B. I am glad he didn t go too look himself, because if he found the young man he would have been mad. C. I am glad he didn t go to look himself because if he found the young man he would have been mad. D. I am glad he didn t look by himself. Because if he found the young man he wood have been mad.

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53 Doctor Caius: Vat is you sing? I do not like des toys. Pray you, go and vetch me in my closet un boitier vert, a box, a green-a box: do intend vat I speak? A green-a box He wants to get his box out of the closet unaware of who is behind it. 1) Why does he want to look in the closet? 2) What do you think his reaction will be once he looks in the closet? 3) In the quote above the word intend most closely means A. To Pray B. To Love C. To have in mind

54 D. To pity 4) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Peace-a your tongue. Speak-a your tale. A. Quiet, in your month. Tell me your tale. B. Peace on your tongue, tell me your story C. Calm down and tell me your story. D. Your tongue will speak your tale.

55 Cell #3 DOCTOR CAIUS: O diable, diable! Vat is in my closet? Villain! larron! Doctor Caius is shocked to find Simple in his closet. 1) Who does he find in the closet? 2) What do you think will happen to Simple?

56 3) In the quote above the word villain most closely means A. An evil person B. A good person C. A violent person D. An annoying person 4) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Well, farewell; I am in great haste now. A. I am in a hurry and have to leave B. Bye; I am in a hurry C. I am in a rush and leave D. Fairwell I am in a hurry.

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58 Cell #4 MISTRESS QUICKLY: I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic. Hear the truth of it: he came of an errand to me from Parson Hugh DOCTOR CAIUS: Peace-a your tongue. Speak-a your tale. SIMPLE: To desire this honest gentlewoman, your maid, to speak a good word to Mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage. Mistress Quickly explains the reason why Simple is here was to deliver a message from Parson Hugh. The message was to speak good word to Mistress Anne Page for his master in the way of marriage. 1) What was the message? 2) Why do you think Parson Hugh sent this message?

59 2) In the quote above the word errand most closely means A. Story B. Tale C. Task D. Performance 3) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Run in here, good young man; go into this closet: he will not stay long. A. Hide in this closet good man, he will not stay long B. He will not stay long hide in this closet C. He will not stay long, hide in this closet. D. Hide in this closat good man, he will not stay long.

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61 Cell #5 MISTRESS QUICKLY: I would have no words of it, -- my master himself is in love with Mistress Anne Page: but notwithstanding that, I know Anne s Mind, that s neither here nor there. Mistress Quickly tells Simple that her master (Caius) is in love with Mistress Anne Page too. 1) Who is Caius in love with? 2) So if Caius is in love with Anne Page, to do you think he would be mad at Parson Hugh when he found out his message? 3) In the quote above the word notwithstanding most closely means A. To delay B. In spite of C. Except

62 D. Instead of 4) In the following line, when Mistress Quickly talks about Slender, the question, Does he not wear a great round beard, like a glover s paring-knife? is an example of the literary device E. Metaphor F. Alliteration G. Simile H. Catachresis

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64 Cell #6 DOCTOR CAIUS You jack nape, give-a this letter to Sir Hugh; by gar, it is a shallenge: I will cut his throat in dee park; and I will trach a scurvy jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make. You may be gone; it is not good you tarry here. By gar, I will cut all his two stones; by gar, he shall not have a stone to throw at his dog: After being told the message from Sir Hugh, he wants to challenge him to a fight. He sends Simple to deliver the message. 1) Who will deliver the message? 2) Do you think Sir Hugh will accept his challenge?

65 3) In the quote above the word Meddle most closely means A. To distract B. To intrude C. To kick D. To annoy 4) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Tis ready, sir, here in the porch. A. Sir, it is ready on the porche. B. It is ready, sir, on the porch. C. It is ready on the porch sir. D. Sir, it is ready, on the porch.

66 Merry wives of Windsor Act 1/ Scene 1 Cell 1 Quote: Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Starchamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire. Summary: Shallow, Falstaff, and Sir Hough Evans are in the middle of a conversation. Questions: What do you think shallow is talking about? In the above line, when Shallow says, if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire. Do you think his meaning is? Your stupid You couldn t control me, even if there were twenty of you You re a sneaky thief I m good, your bad, end of story In the quote above, the word persuade most closely means? The way you think The way someone else thinks Someone making someone else do something Someone Choose the best version of the following sentence: In the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and 'Coram.' a)in the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and 'Coram.'

67 b)in the country of Gloucester, justice of peace and 'Coram.' c)in the county of Gloucester justice of peace and Coram d)in the county of Gloucester, blah blah blah

68 merry wives of Windsor act 1/ scene 1 cell 2 Quote: The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; it agrees well, passant; it is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. Summary: once again, it s a conversation ( happens a lot don t it ) falstaff is still the topic. Question: will they EVER stop talking? In the above line, when Evans says, The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; what do you think he means? I make an old coat well You make an old coat well He makes an old coat well All those despicable people make crummy things good The word louses most closely means? a lazy, fat person lice, as in the bug, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew broccoli bits and carrots a mean person choose the best version of the following sentence: The moose is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coot. The mose is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat. The luce is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat. The luce is the fresh catfish; the salt catfish is an old coat.

69 The luce is the fresh fish: the salt fish is an old coat. Correct as is Merry wives of Windsor Act 1/scene 1 Cell 3 Quote: It is not meet the council hear a riot; there is no fear of Got in a riot: the council, look you, shall desire to hear the fear of Got, and not to hear a riot; take your vizaments in that. Summary: ooooooooooohhhh, still talking now they re talking about talking to the council and deciding it might not be a good idea. Questions: why do you think that they frown upon telling the council? In the line above, when Evans says, It is not meet the council hear a riot; what do you think he means? riots are to loud for the council the council doesn t care about riots we shouldn t complain about such petty things can we stop talking now? My throats dry in the quote above, the word riot most closely means? argument calm discussion not-so-calm discussion an angry mob, RUUUUNNNNNNNN!

70 Choose the best version of the following sentence: Ha! o' my life, if I were young again, the sword should end it. a) Ho! e' my life, if I were young again, the sword should end it. b) Ha! old' my life, if I were young again, the sword should end it. c) Ha! o' my life; if I were young again; the sword should end it? d) Ha! o' my life if I were young again the sword should end it correct as is

71 Merry wives of Windsor Act 1/ scene 1 Cell 4 Quote: Mistress Anne Page? She has brown hair, and speaks small like a woman. Summary: ok, there still talking, BUT! Now they re talking about Anne Page Questions: why would these guys be fawning over Anne Page? In the line above, when Shallow says, She has brown hair, and speaks small like a woman. What do you think he means? she s got brown hair, and never talks she has brown hair, and speaks quietly, as all women should. She s the perfect housewife, I have got to marry her I think I lost my train of thought.. my bad.

72 In the line above, the word small most closely means? Puny, pathetic Weak, not strong Soft, softly FALSE ANSWER!!! Choose the best version of the following sentence: I know the young gentleoman; she has good gifts. I know the young gentlewoman she has good gifts I know the old gentlewoman; she has good gifts. I know the young gentlewoman; she has good gifts! I dont know the young gentlewoman; but she has good gifts. Merry wives of Windsor Act 1/ scene 1 Cell 5 Quote: Here is Got's plessing, and your friend, and Justice Shallow; and here young Master Slender, that peradventures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow to your likings. Summary: OK Anne Page has just entered the scene, and now the men are introducing themselves to her, all gentalmen-like. Questions: Why are the men no longer complaining about the insidious deeds of falstaff?

73 In the line above, when Evans says, and here young Master Slender, that peradventures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow to your likings. what do you think his meaning is? Here is Slender, were hate him so you keep him busy while we run Here is Slender, if you want, he ll tell you a tale of an adventure he s had Oh, its YOU lets just walk away Slender!, you keep her busy while we rob her house! In the quote above, the word plessing most closely means? blessing pleasing oozing terrible pus were the heck did THAT come from?! Choose the best version of the following sentence: I am glad to see your worships well. I thank you for my venison, Master Shallow. a) I am glad to see your worships well. I thank you for my venison, Mister Shallow. b) I am glad to see your worships well. I thunk you for my venison, Master Shallow. c) I am glad to see your worships well I thank you for my venison Master Shallow d) I am not glad to see your worships well. I will never thank you for my venison, Master Shallow! e) correct as is

74 SCENE 1 Cell 1 Quote: well, I do then; yet I say I could show you to the contrary. O Mistress Page, give me some council! Here Mistress Ford is asking Mistress Page for advice What is bothering Mistress Ford? In the quote above the word contrary means: A) Opposite B) Alike C) Enemy D) Friend What do you think they will talk about? What? Thou liest! Sir Alice Ford! a) What, thou lisest! Sir Alice Ford b) What? Thou lie, Sir Alice Ford c) Huh? Thou talkest, Sir Alice Ford d) What? Thou art false Sir Alice Ford e) Correct as is

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76 Cell 2 Quote: why, look where he comes: and my good man too. Here Mistress Ford is spotting her husband on his way. In the following line where Mistress Ford says I'll be sure to keep him Above deck. the term above deck would mean: a) On a ship b) Out of trouble c) High as a kite d) Very loyal Where is her husband? Why do you think everyone is married in this place? 'Boarding,' call you it? a) Boarding, you call it? b) Boarding, call it you c) Boording, call it you? d) Baording, call it you? e) Correct as is

77 Cell 3 Quote: I will seek out Falstaff Here Ford is saying he wants to find Falstaff In the following sentence where Ford says, Why, sir, my wife is not young, he means: a) My wife is dumb b) my wife is smart c) my wife is young d) my wife is cheating on me Why are they talking about his wife? In the quote above the word seek most closely means a) stalk b) find c) kill d) peek With liver burning hot. Prevent, or go thou, a) with kidney burning hot. Prevent, or go thou, b) with mouth burning hot. Prevent, or go thou, c) with liver cold and freezing. Prevent, or create, d) with liver burning hot. Prevent, or go hither

78 cell 4 quote: FORD I melancholy! I am not melancholy. Get you home, go. MISTRESS FORD Faith, thou hast some crotchets in thy head. Now, will you go, Mistress Page? Here Mr. and Ms. Ford are having a typical couple argument Here where Ms. Ford says Faith, thou hast some crotchets in thy head, she means A) Dude you have no hair! B) You are not smart C) You are arrogant D) You are not a good husband Why are they arguing? In the quote above the word crotchets means: a) ouchy bumps b) oozy boils c) popping pimples d) stubborn thoughts who is the topic of their argument?

79 Cell 5 Quote: I follow, mine host, I follow. Good even and twenty, good Master Page! Master Page, will you go with us? we have sport in hand. Here a man named Shallow is talking to Master Page and asking him to come with him. In the following line where Mistress Ford says If I would but go to hell for an eternal moment or so, I could be knighted, this shows her A) will to die B) desire for pleasure C) extreme want to drink D) hatred of Falstaff In the quote above the word sport most closely means: a) fun or physical activity b) gambling for happy men c) slave of a house lord d) owner of a small tavern where are these men headed? Have with you. You'll come to dinner, George. a) Have with you. You'll come to dinner, George. b) Have with you. You ll get some dinner, george. c) Have with you. You ll come to dinner, willie.

80 d) Have with you. You ll come to lunch, george.

81 Act 2, Scene 2 Cell 1 Quote: ROBIN Sir, here is a women would speak with you FALSTAFF Let her approach. MISTRESS QUICKLY Give your worship good morrow. FALSTAFF Good morrow, good wife. Summary: Robin enters the room where Falstaff and Pistol are arguing and says that a lady wants to see him. Mistress Quickly comes in and tells Falstaff to give his worship good morrow. Who wants to see Falstaff? Why do you think she wants to see him? In the quote above the word worship most closely means... A) Adoration of saints

82 B) Hatred of conscience C) Work hard at hot sauce D) Title of address In the following line, were Mistress Quickly says, "Give your worship good morrow", it shows... A) Desire to kill B) Obedience to authority C) Sacredness of iconography D) Shyness toward a cow

83 Cell 2 Quote: FALSTAFF Well, Mistress Ford; what of her? MISTRESS QUICKLY Why, sir, she's a good creature. Lord, Lord! your worship's a wanton! Well, heaven forgive you and all of us, I pray! FALSTAFF Mistress Ford; come, Mistress Ford,-- Summary: Mistress Quickly is telling Falstaff that Mistress Ford is good person. Falstaff wants to know why she brought her up. Who are they talking about? Why do you think Falstaff wants to know why she was saying good things about her? In the quote above the word wanton most closely means... A) Someone dumb about legal matters

84 B) Someone of loose sexual morality C) Someone taller than a house D) Someone killed by heartbreak In the following line, were Falstaff says, "Mistress Ford; come, Mistress Ford, --", it shows... A) Demanding B) Eagerness C) Intelligence D) Cowardly

85 Cell 3 Quote: FALSTAFF But what says she to me? be brief, my good she-mercury. MISTRESS QUICKLY Marry, she hath received your letter, for the which she thanks you a thousand times; and she gives you to notify that her husband will be absence from his house between ten and eleven. Summary: Mistress Ford got the letter that Falstaff sent her. Mistress Ford sent Mistress Quickly to tell Falstaff that her husband won't be home from ten to eleven. At what hours will Master Ford not be home? What do you think the letter was about? In the quote above the word absence most closely means... A) Being late B) Being early

86 C) Being away D) Being short In the following line, were Fastaff says, "Be brief my good she- Mercury," he shows... A) Thanks B) Honor C) Hurry D) Boredom

87 Cell 4 Quote: FALSTAFF Call him in. FORD (disguised) Bless you, sir! FALSTAFF And you, sir! Would you speak with me? Summary: Ford wanted to talk to Falstaff. He was disguised so he wouldn't recognize him. Why was he disguised? What do you think they will talk about? In the quote above the word disguised most closely means... A) Concealed B) Shown C) Hardened D) Slept In the following line, were Ford says, Bless you, sir," he shows A) Responsibility B) Disrespect

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89 Cell 5 Quote: FORD There is a gentlewoman in this town; her husband's name is Ford. FALSTAFF Well, sir. FORD I have long loved her, and, I protest to you, bestowed much on her; followed her with a doting observance; engrossed opportunities to meet her; fee'd every slight occasion that could but niggardly give me sight of her; not only bought many presents to give her, but have given largely to many to know what she would have given; briefly, I have pursued her as love hath pursued me; which hath been on the wing of all occasions. Summary: Ford (as Brooks) is telling Falstaff about his obsession with Ford s wife. He is telling him about how he loved her for a long time and really wants to see her. What are Ford and Falstaff taking about?

90 Why do you think he is telling this to Falstaff? In the quote above the word doting more closely means... A) Shyly angry B) Happily married C) Madly aggressive D) Silly in devotion In the following line, were ford says, There is a gentlewoman in this town; her husband's name is Ford., he shows A) Respect B) Jealousy C) Curiosity D) Braveness

91 Cell 6 Quote: FORD I am blest in your acquaintance. Do you know Ford, sir? FALSTAFF Hang him, poor cuckoldly knave! I know him not: yet I wrong him to call him poor; they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money; for the which his wife seems to me well-favored. I will use her as the key of the cuckoldly rogue's coffer; and there's my harvest-home.

92 Summary: Ford asked Falstaff if he knew Ford. Falstaff said he didn t need to know him but that he was Cuckoldy knave, who was rich, but his wife didn't love him. Was Falstaff saying good things about Ford or bad things? What was he saying? If Ford does anything, what do you think he will do or say to him? In the quote above the word cuckold most closely means... A) A Man with a unfaithful wife B) A man with a stupid wife C) A woman with a brave husband D) A cat with a tail

93 Act II, Scene III : Cell #1 He s late DOCTOR CAIUS Jack Rugby! RUGBY Sir? DOCTOR CAIUS Vat is de clock, Jack? RUGBY 'Tis past the hour, sir, that Sir Hugh promised to meet. Doctor Caius notices that Sir Hugh is late meeting them. Who is late? In the quote above, the word tis most closely means a) this b) tisk c) it is d) this is Do you ever have to put up with your friends being late? How do you handle it? By saying Vat is de clock, Jack, Doctor Caius means a) Where is the clock, Jack? b) What is a clock, Jack? c) What time is it, Jack?

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95 Act II, Scene III : Cell #2 We ve got visitors RUGBY Forbear; here's company. Enter Host, SHALLOW, SLENDER, and PAGE Host Bless thee, bully doctor! SHALLOW Save you, Master Doctor Caius! PAGE Now, good master doctor! SLENDER Give you good morrow, sir. Host, Shallow, Slender and Page show up and say hi. Do the people seem to like Doctor Caius? In the quote above, the word morrow most closely means a) present day s morning b) material inside bones c) awkwardly shaped arrow d) breakfast in bed Who does it seem dislikes Doctor Caius the most? What shows that? A contemporary paraphrase of Forbear; here's company, would be

96 a) This bear has visitors. b) Look, we ve got visitors. c) Wait, let s buy from this company. d) I fonnd the company!

97 Act II, Scene III : Cell #3 Here to watch the fight DOCTOR CAIUS Vat be all you, one, two, tree, four, come for? Host To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee here, to see thee there; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant. Is he dead, my Ethiopian? is he dead, my Francisco? ha, bully! What says my AEsculapius? my Galen? my heart of elder? ha! is he dead, bully stale? is he dead? The host tells Doctor Caius that they have come to watch him kill Sir Hugh. In the quote above, the word montant most closely means a) a mountain b) a range c) a karate kick d) a fencing move Would you go to see someone just because they were getting into a fight? What s the reasoning behind your answer? The author is the fact that four people showed up by saying Vat be all you, one, two, tree, four, come for?

98 a) amplifying b) personifying c) metaphorically comparing d) oxymoronicizing

99 Act II, Scene III : Cell #4 A wise and peaceful man SHALLOW He is the wiser man, master doctor: he is a curer of souls, and you a curer of bodies; if you should fight, you go against the hair of your professions. Is it not true, Master Page? PAGE Master Shallow, you have yourself been a great fighter, though now a man of peace. SHALLOW Bodykins, Master Page, though I now be old and of the peace, if I see a sword out, my finger itches to make one. Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen, Master Page, we have some salt of our youth in us; we are the sons of women, Master Page. PAGE 'Tis true, Master Shallow. Shallow says that Sir Hugh is wise not to show up and that even if he did, if Doctor Caius fought him, they would be going against the hairs of his profession as priest and doctor. Then he explains how he reframes himself from engaging in combat even if he d like to. Is Shallow for or against Doctor Caius fighting Sir Hugh?

100 In the quote above, Shallow is saying that being justices and doctors and churchmen are a) worthlessly lower-class occupations b) annoyingly middle-class occupations c) higher end middle-class occupations d) respectably upper-class occupations If you were a churchman or doctor, would you still get into a fight if there was enough motivation? A contemporary paraphrase of if you should fight, you go against the hair of your professions, would be a) It would be hypocritical if you were to fight. b) If you re gonna fight, have nice hair. c) Your professors won t like you if you brush their hair the wrong way. d) If you want to fight, pull your profession s hair.

101 Act II, Scene III : Cell #5 Off to woo Anne DOCTOR CAIUS By gar, me vill kill de priest; for he speak for a jack-an-ape to Anne Page. Host Let him die: sheathe thy impatience, throw cold water on thy choler: go about the fields with me through Frogmore: I will bring thee where Mistress Anne Page is, at a farm-house a-feasting; and thou shalt woo her. Cried I aim? said I well? DOCTOR CAIUS By gar, me dank you for dat: by gar, I love you; and I shall procure-a you de good guest, de earl, de knight, de lords, de gentlemen, my patients. The host tells Doctor Caius to calm down and come with him to go to where Anne Page is so that he can woo her. Does Doctor Caius accept the offer? In the quote above, the word choler most closely means a) coals b) anger c) hat head d) sensitivity

102 It seems like Doctor Caius is really holding a grudge against Sir Hugh. What is the benefit for holding a grudge against someone in general? In this particular case? Does fighting over a woman offer the benefit you will accept for holding a grudge? A contemporary paraphrase of sheathe thy impatience would be a) impatience is a weapon b) become impatient c) calm down d) impatience is a holster for a weapon

103 Merry Wives of Windsor Act III 1) Cell #1- Where is Dr. Caius? 2) Sir Hugh Evans: I pray you now, good master Slender s servingman, and friend Simple by your name, Which may have you looked for Master Caius, that calls himself doctor of physic? Simple: Marry, sir, the pittie-ward, the park-ward, every way; old Windsor way, and every way but the town way. 3) Evans and Simple are talking and Sir Hugh Evans asks Simple if he has found Dr. Caius. Simple responds that he has searched for him, but he still hasn t found him. 4) What does Evans ask Simple? 5) In the quote above the word marry most closely means a) To join two ropes b) To combine c) To agree d) To give in marriage. 6) Why do you think that Evans is telling Simple to look for Dr. Caius? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I most fehemently desire you you will look that way. a) I most vehemently desire you will also look that way. b) I most vehemently desire you you will also look that way. c) I most fehemently desire you you will also look that way. d) I most fehemently desire you will look that way. e) Correct as is

104 1) Cell #2- Melodious song 2) Sir Hugh Evans: Pless my soul, how full of chollors I am, and trempling of mind! I shall be glad if he have deceived me. How melancholies I am! I will knog his urinals about his knave s costard when I have good opportunities for the ork. Pless my soul! 3) In this cell Evans is talking to himself about what he s going to do when he founds Dr. Caius then he starts singing to himself. 4) What does Evans do after he stops talking to himself? 5) In the quote above the word costard most nearly means a) Head b) Mustard c) Life d) Bed 6) What is Evans talking about? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: When as I sat in Babylon And a thousand vagram posies. a) When as I sat in Babylon And a thousand vagram posies. b) When as I sat in Pabylon a thousand vagram posies. c) When as I sat in Babylon And a thousand posies. d) When as I sat in Pabylon And a thousand vagram posies. e) Correct as is

105 1) Cell #3- Rheumatic Day! 2) Sir Hugh Evans: Pless you from this mercy sake, all of you! Shallow: What, the sword and the word! Do you study them both, master parson? Page: And youthful still! In your doublet and hose this rheumatic day! 3) Right now Page, Shallow, and Slender have entered. Slender like always is thinking of Anne Page. Page and Shallow are talking to Evans. 4) Who s thinking about Anne Page? 5) In the quote above the word rheumatic most nearly means a) Very funny b) Very painful c) Very long f) Very energetic 6) Why do you think that Shallow, Page, and Slender need to talk to Evans? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Keep a gamer from the dice, and a good student from his book, and it is wonderful. a) Keep a game player from the dice, and a good student from his book, and it is wonderful. b) Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book, and it is wonderful. c) Keep a gamester from the dice; and a good student from his book, and it is wonderful. d) Keep a gambler from the dice, and a good student from his book, and it s wonderful.

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107 1) Cell #4- Who is he? 2) Page: Yonder is a most reverend gentlemen, who, belike having received wrong by some person, is at most odds with his own gravity and patience that ever you saw. Shallow: I have lived fourscore years and upward; I never heard a man of his place, gravity and learning, so wide of his own respect. 3) Page and Shallow are talking to Evans about Dr. Caius. 4) Who are Page and Shallow talking about to Evans? 5) In the quote above the word fourscore most nearly means a) 60 b) 40 c) 20 d) 80 6) Do you think that Shallow and Page are talking about Dr. Caius in a good way or a bad way? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: We come to you to do a good office, master parson. a) We are come to you to do a good office; master person. b) We come to you to do a good office, master parson. c) We are come to you to do a good office, master parson. d) We are here to you to do a good office, master person. e) Correct as is

108 1) Cell #5- The coward and dishonest man 2) Sir Hugh Evans: He has no more knowledge in Hibocrates and Galen, -- and he is a knave besides; a cowardly knave as you would desires to be acquainted withal. 3) Evans describes Dr, Caius as a coward and a dishonest man, who wishes to be well known by everyone. 4) How does Evans describe Dr. Caius? 5) In the quote above the word knave most nearly means a) A deceitful and unreliable low-class person or servant b) A funny and humorous servant or king s joker c) A sad and boring servant of ancestors d) A fat and obnoxious servant underground 6) Do you think that Evans should dislike Dr. Caius just because he s a coward and a dishonest man? Why or why not? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I warrant you, his the man you should fight with him. a) I warrant you, he s the man should fight with him. b) I warrant you! He s the man you should fight with him. c) I warrant you, he s the man should fight with him. d) I warrant you, he s the man you should fight with. e) Correct as is

109 1) Cell #6- The confrontation 2) Sir Hugh Evans: Pray you, use your patience: in good time. Dr. Caius: By gar, you are de coward, de Jack dog, John ape. 3) Dr. Caius enters and tells Evans that he s the coward and insults him by saying other things. 4) What does Dr. Caius say about Evans? 5) In the quote above the word Jack most nearly means a) A sailor b) A guy named Jack c) A worthless d) A servant 6) Why do you think that Dr. Caius insults Evans like that? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I pray to you, let-a me speak a word with your ear. Vherefore will you not meet-a me? a) Your ear is talking, I think you hear voices. Don t v-here. b) Give me that bucket of cheese; I need to catch a mouse. c) I don t know. d) I need to say my prayers, but first I want your ear. Where was your meeting? e) Please, let me tell you something: why didn t you meet me for the duel?

110 1) Cell #7- The confession 2) Host: Peace, I say! Hear mine host of the Garter. am I politic? am I subtle? am I a Machiavel? Shall I lose my doctor? no; he gives me the potions and the motions. Shall I lose my parson, my priest, my Sir Hugh? no; he gives me the proverbs and the no-verbs. Give me thy hand, terrestrial; so. Give me thy hand, celestial; so. Boys of art, I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places: your hearts are mighty, your skins re whole, and let burnt sack be the issue. Come, lay their swords to pawn. Follow me, lads of peace; follow, follow, follow. 3) The Host confesses to Evans and Dr. Caius that he had tricked them away from fighting. He tells them to stop for he doesn t want to lose them both. 4) What does the Host confess? 5) In the quote above the word lad most nearly means a) A young lady b) A young man c) A small ladder d) A young prince 6) How would you react if you were Dr. Caius and Evans? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I ll be judgement by my host, the Garter a) I ll be judge by mine host of the Garter b) I ll be judgement by mine host of the Garter c) I ll be judgement, by my host of the Garter f) I ll be judgement, by mine host of the Garter g) Correct as is

111 1) Cell #8- The revenge 2) Sir Hugh Evans: This is well; he has made us his vlouting-stog. I desire you that we may be friends; and let us knog our prains together to be revenge on this same scall, scurvy cogging companion, the host of the Garter. 3) Both, Dr. Caius and Evans decide to stay as friends and to stay in peace. They both plan revenge against the Host. 4) What are Evans and Dr. Caius planning to do? 5) In the quote above the word cogging most nearly means a) Ugly Burping Instructor b) Scheming Lying Cheater c) Smelly Dirty Cat-like Human d) Lazy Crazy Student 6) What kind of revenge do you think that Evans and Dr. Caius are planning to do? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Well, I will smite his noodles. Pray you, follow. a) Well, I will smite his noddles. Pray you, follow? b) Well, I will smite his noodles. Pray you, follow. c) Well, You will bite his noddles. Pray you, follow. d) Well, I will smite his noddles. Pray you, follow. e) Correct as is

112 1) Cell #9- To Mistress Ford we go 2) Ford: Well met, Mistress Page. Wither go you? Mistress Page: Truly, sir, to see your wife. Is she at home? Ford: Ay; and as idle as she may hang together, for want of company. I think, if your husbands were dead, you two would marry. 3) Mistress Page and Robin are walking and they meet Ford. Mistress Page asks Ford if his wife is at home, so she could go and visit her. 4) What does Mistress Page ask Ford? 5) In the quote above the word idle most nearly means a) Long b) Beautiful c) Boring d) Lazy 6) Why do you think that Mistress Page wants to go visit Mistress Ford? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Whether you had rather lead my eyes, or eye your master s heels? a) Whether had you rather lead mine eyes, or eye your master s heels? b) Whether you had rather lead mine eyes, or eye your master s heels? c) Whether had you rather lead my eyes, or eye your master s heels? d) Whether you had rather lead mine eyes, or eyed your master s heels? e) Correct as is

113 1) Cell #10- Angry Ford 2) Ford: Has Page any brains? hath he any eyes? hath he any thinking? Sure, they sleep; he hath no use of them. Why, this boy will carry a letter twenty mile, as easy as a cannon will shoot point-blank twelve score. He pieces out his wife s inclination; he gives her folly motion and advantage: and now she s going to my wife, and Falstaff s boy with her 3) Ford has just been told that Robin is Falstaff s servant. He does not like that the idea that Mistress Page and Mistress Ford are involved with Falstaff s servant. 4) What doesn t Ford like? 5) In the quote above the word inclination most nearly means a) To like someone or something b) To bent in one direction c) To favor in one way d) To tend toward a certain condition 6) Why do you think that Ford doesn t like Falstaff? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: And to these violent proceedings all my neighbors shall cry aim. a) And to this violent proceedings all my neighbours shall cry aim. b) And to these violent proceedings all my neighbours shall cry aim. c) And to these violent proceedings all my neighbors shall cry aim. d) And to this violent proceedings all my neighbors shall cry aim. e) Correct as is

114 1) Cell#11- The invitation 2) Ford: Trust me, a good knot: I have good cheer at home; and I pray you all go for me. Shallow: I must excuse myself, Master Ford. Slender: And so must I, sir: we have appointed to dine with Mistress Anne, and I would not break with her for more money than I ll speak of. Shallow: We have lingered about a match between Anne Page and my cousin Slender, and this day we shall have our answer. 3) Ford decides to go surprise his wife and Falstaff and invites Shallow, Slender, Host, Evans, Dr. Caius, and Rugby to go with him, but Shallow and Slender excuse themselves for not attending because they have to meet with Anne Page. 4) What does Ford decide to do? 5) In the quote above the word lingered most nearly means a) To be late b) To proceed slowly c) To persist d) To hesitate 6) Why do you think that Ford wants to surprise his wife & Falstaff? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I stand holy for you: but my wife, master doctor; is for you altogether. a) I stand wholly for you: but my wife, master doctor; is for you all together. b) I stand holy for you. But my wife, master doctor, is for you altogether. c) I stand wholly for you: but my wife, master doctor, is for you altogether. d) I stand wholly for you: but my wife and master doctor, is for you all together. e) Correct as is

115 1) Cell #12- Anne Page and her lovers 2) Host: What say you to young Master Fenton? He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he speaks holiday, he smells April and May: he will carry t, he will carry t; tis in his buttons; he will carry t. Page: Not by my consent, I promise you. The gentlemen is of no having: he kept company with the wild prince and Poins; he is too high a region; he knows too much. No, he shall not knit a knot in his fortunes with the finger of my substance: if he take her, let him take her simply; the wealth I have waits on my consent, and my consent goes not that way. 3) There is a discussion on wheter Dr. Caius, Slender or Fenton has the better chance to marry Anne Page. 4) What is the discussion about? 5) In the quote above the word capers most nearly means a) To leap or hop dancefully b) To pick flowers sneezingly c) To get mad childishly d) To sing songs grouchily 6) Who do you think has a better chance with Anne Page? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Ay, be-gar; and de maid is love-a me: my nurse Quickly tell me so much. a) Ay, be-gar; and de maid is love-a me: my nurse-a Quickly tell me so mush. b) Ay, be-gar; and de maid is love-a me: my nursh Quickly tell me so much. c) Ay, be-gar; and the maid is love-a me: my nurse-a Quickly tell me so mush. d) Ay, be-gar; and de maid is love-a me: my nursh-a Quickly tell me so mush. e) Correct as is

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117 1) Cell #13- The Plan 2) Mistress Ford: Marry, as I told you before, John and Robert, be ready here hard by in the brew-house: and when I suddenly call you, come forth, and without any pause or staggering take this basket on your shoulders: that done, trudge with it in all haste, and carry it among the whitsters in Datchet-mead, and there empty it in the muddy ditch close by the Thames side. 3) Mistress Page and Mistress Ford tell the servants to bring them a basket. Mistress Ford then tells them that when she calls them, they must get the basket and empty it in a ditch by the Thames River. 4) What does Mistress Ford order the servants to do? 5) In the quote above the word staggering most nearly means a) To stack blocks b) To stab someone c) To walk unsteadily d) To cause a great amazement 6) Why do you think Mistress Ford wants the servants to do that? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I had told them over and over; they lack no direction! a) I had told them over and over, they lack no direction. b) I ha told them over and over; they lack no direction. c) I had told them over and over; they lack no direction! d) I ha told them over and over, they lack no direction. e) Correct as is

118 1) Cell #14- Here comes Falstaff! 2) Mistress Ford: How now, my eyas-musket! What news with you? Robin: My master, Sir John, is come in at your back-door, Mistress Ford, and requests your company. 3) Robin, Falstaff s servant, comes in announcing his master s arrival. 4) What does Robin announce? 5) In the quote above the word eyas-musket most nearly means a) An old female sparrow hawk b) An old male sparrow hawk c) A young female bird d) A young male sparrow hawk 6) Why do you think that Falstaff requests Mistress Ford s company? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I warrant thee: if I do not act it, kiss me. a) I warrant thee; if I do not act it, hiss me. b) I warrant thee! If I do not act it, kiss me. c) I warrant thee; if I do not act it kiss me. d) I warrant thee! If I do not act it, hiss me. e) Correct as is

119 1) Cell #15- Lies, Lies, and Lies 2) Falstaff: Mistress Ford, I cannot cog, I cannot prate, Mistress Ford. Now shall sin in my wish: I would thy husband were dead: I ll speak it before the best lord; I would make thee my lady. 3) Falstaff is complimenting Mistress Ford. He tells her how he wishes that her husband were dead, so he could marry her. 4) What does Falstaff tell Mistress Ford? 5) In the quote above the word cog most nearly means a) To talk foolishly b) To cheat c) To perform routine functions d) To transmit force to a wheel 6) Do you think that he really likes her? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: A plain hand kerchief, Sir John: my eyebrows become nothing else; a) A plain kerchief, Sir John; my brows become nothing else; b) A plain kerchief, Sir John: my eyebrows become nothing else; c) A plain kerchief, Sir John: my brows become nothing else; d) A plain hand kerchief, Sir John; my brows become nothing else; e) Correct as is

120 1) Cell #16- Here comes Mistress Page 2) Robin: Mistress Ford, Mistress Ford! Here s Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing and looking wildly, and would needs speak with you presently. Falstaff: She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. 3) Robin comes in and tells Mistress Ford that Mistress Page has arrived and wishes to speak to her. Falstaff doesn t want to be seen by Mistress Page so he hides. 4) What does Falstaff do? 5) In the quote above the word ensconce most nearly means a) To hide securely b) To sit in an armchair c) To encounter something d) To run away 6) Why do you think that Falstaff is hiding from Mistress Page? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Pray to you, do so; she s a very tattling woman! a) Pray you, do so; she s a tattling woman. b) Pray to you, do so: she s a very tattling woman. c) Pray you, do so; she s a tattling woman. d) Pray you, do so: she s a very tattling woman. e) Correct as is

121 1) Cell #17- Ford and his friends 2) Mistress Page: Your husband s coming hither, woman, with all the officers in Windsor, to search for a gentlemen that he says is here now in the house by your consent, to take an ill advantage of his assence: you are undone. 3) Mistress Page comes in telling Mistress Ford that her husband is arriving with his friends. 4) What does Mistress Page tell Mistress Ford? 5) In the quote above the word consent most nearly means a) To give approval b) To give money c) To give food d) To give disapproval 6) D you think that Ford is going to find Falstaff there? Why or why not? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: What cause of suspicion! Out upon you! How am I mistaken in you! a) What cause of suspicion! Out pon you! How am I mistook in you! b) What cause of suspicion! Upon you! How am I mistook in you! c) What cause of suspicion! Upon you! How am I mistaken in you! d) What cause of suspicion! Upon you! How am I mistook in you! e) Correct as is

122 1) Cell #18- Falstaff and the laundry basket 2) Mistress Page: For shame! Never stand you had rather and you had rather: your husband s here at hand, bethink you of some conveyance: in the house you cannot hide him. O, how have you deceived me! Look, here is a basket: if he be of any reasonable stature, he may creep in here; and throw foul linen upon him, as if it were going to bucking: or it is whiting-time send him by your two men to Datchet-mead. 3) Mistress Page finds Falstaff and decides to help him hide. She hides him in the basket by her to servants. 4) Where does Mistress Page hide Falstaff? 5) In the quote above the word conveyance most nearly means a) A way of throwing out something b) A way of hiding something c) A way of transporting something d) A way of lying to someone 6) Why does Mistress Page want to help him? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Go take up these clothes, here quickly. Where s the cowl-staff? a) Go take up these clothes here quickly. Where s the cowl-staff! b) Go take up these clothes here quickly. Where s the cowl-staff? c) Go take up these clothes, here quickly. Where s the cowl staff? d) Go take up these clothes here quickly, where s the cowl staff. e) Correct as is

123 1) Cell #19- Angry Ford 2) Ford: Pray you, come near: If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me; then let me be your jest; I deserve it. How now! Wither bear you this? 3) Ford enters and asks his servants about the basket. He is told an explanation that it was for the dirty laundry and accepts it. 4) What does Ford ask the servants? 5) In the quote above the word jest most nearly means a) To be a dumb person b) To be a joke c) To make an ugly face d) To say a joke 6) If you where Ford would you believe them? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: You were best middle with buck-washing. a) You were, best meddle with buck-washing! b) You were best middle with buck-washing. c) You were best meddle with buck-washing. d) You were best meddle with buck washing? e) Correct as is

124 1) Cell #20- Fords unwarranted jealousy 2) Sir Hugh Evans: This is ferry fantastical humours and jealousies. Doctor Caius: By gar, tis no true fashion of France; it s not jealous in France. 3) Ford is reproached by his friends for his unwarranted jealousy. 4) Who reproaches Ford and why? 5) In the quote above the word fantastical most nearly means a) Fanatical b) Hilarious c) Fantasy d) Bizarre 6) Would you reproach Ford if you were his friend? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: We will do it; let him be sent for to-morrow a) We, will do it: let him be sent for tomorrow b) We will do it. Let him be sent for to-morrow c) We will do it, let him be sent for tomorrow d) We will do it: let him be sent for to-morrow e) Correct as is

125 1) Cell #21- Where did Falstaff go? 2) Ford: I cannot find him: may be the knave bragged of that he could not compass. 3) Ford is angry because he is not able to find Falstaff anywhere. 4) Why is Ford angry? 5) In the quote above the word bragged most nearly means a) A boaster b) A Liar c) A Doctor d) A Servant 6) What would you have done if you were Ford? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: If there be anybody in the house, in the chambers, in the coffers, and in the presses, heaven forgive my sins at the day of judgment! a) If there be any body in the house, and in the chambers, and in the coffers, and in the presses, heaven forgive my sins at the day of judgment! b) If there be any pody in the house, and in the chambers, and in the coffers, and in the presses, heaven forgive my sins at the day of judgment! c) If there be any pody in the house, in the chambers, in the coffers, in the presses, heaven forgive my sins at the day of judgment! d) If there be any body in the house, and in the chambers, and in the coffers, and in the presses, heaven forgive my sins at the day of judgment? e) Correct as is

126 1) Cell #22- Apologies 2) Sir Hugh Evans: You suffer for a pad conscience: your wife is as honest a omans as I will desires among five thousand, and five hundred too. Dr. Cauis: By gar, I see tis an honest woman. Ford: Well, I promised you a dinner. Come, come, walk in the park: I pray you, pardon me; I will hereafter make known to you why I have done this. Come, wife; come, Mistress Page. I pray you, pardon me; pray heartily, pardon me. Page: Let s go in, gentlemen; but, trust me, we ll mock him. I do invite you to-morrow morning to my house to breakfast: after, we ll a- birding together; I have a fine hawk for the bush. Shall it be so? Ford: Any thing. Sir Hugh Evans: I pray you now, remembrance tomorrow on the lousy knave, mine host. 3) Evans tells Ford that he should not think bad of his wife because she s a very honest woman, then he tells them that he ll invite them to a dinner and forgives his wife and everybody else. 4) What does Evans tell Ford? 5) In the quote above the word remembrance most nearly means a) A souvenir b) A memorial c) A membrane d) A brain 6) Would you believe Evans if you were Ford? Why or why not? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: That is good; by gar; with all my heart! a) That is good; by gar, with all my heart? b) Dat is good; by gar, with all my heart! c) That is good by gar, with all my heart! d) Dat is good, by gar with all my heart! e) Correct as is

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128 1) Cell #23- Try and try again 2) Fenton: I see I cannot get thy father s love; Therefore no more turn me to him, sweet Nan. 3) Fenton tells Anne Page that he cannot win her father s love. He tells her how harshly judges him, but Anne Page tells him not to give up. 4) What does Anne Page tell Fenton? 5) In the quote above the word thy most nearly means a) My b) Your c) Her d) His 6) If you were Fenton would you give up? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Yet seek my father s love! Still seek it! Sir a) Yet seek my father s love; still seek it sir! b) Yet seek my father s love? Still seek it! Sir c) Yet seek my father s love; still seek it, sir d) Yet seek my father s love; still seek it! Sir e) Correct as is

129 1) Cell #24- The conversation 2) Shallow: Break their talk, Mistress Quickly: my kinsman shall speak for himself. Slender: I ll make a shaft or a bolt on t: slid, tis but venturing. Shallow: Be not dismayed. Slender: No, she shall not dismay me: I care not for that, but that I am afeard. Mistress Quickly: Hark ye; Master Slender would speak a word with you. Anne Page: I come to him 3) Shallow is telling Mistress Quickly to go break Anne Page conversation with Fenton because he wants Slender to talk to Anne Page and so she does. 4) Who breaks Anne Page conversation? 5) In the quote above the word venturing most nearly means a) Daring b) Scaring c) Boring d) Paying 6) Do you think that what Mistress Quickly is doing is right? Why? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: O, what a world of vile. I favor faults looks handsome in three hundred pounds a-year! a) O, what a world of vile ill-favor faults, looks handsome in three hundred pounds a-year? b) O, what a world of vile I will favor faults looks handsome in three hundred pounds a-year! c) O, what a world of vile I will favor faults looks handsome in three hundred pounds a-year? d) O, what a world of vile ill-favor d faults looks handsome in three hundred pounds a-year! e) Correct as is

130 1) Cell #25- Wooing for Anne Page 2) Shallow: Mistress Anne, my cousin loves you. Slender: Ay, that I do; as well as I love any woman in Gloucestershire. Shallow: He will maintain you as a glentlewoman. Slender: Ay, that I will, come cut and long-tail, under the degree of a squire. Shallow: He will make you a hundred and fifty pounds jointure. Anne Page: Good Master Shallow, let him woo for himself. 3) Shallow and Slender start talking to Anne Page and Shallow is helping Slender woo Anne Page but then Anne Page tells Shallow to let Slender woo for himself. 4) Who is Slender and Shallow talking to? 5) In the quote above the word squire most nearly means a) A person b) A servant c) A gallant d) A worker 6) Do you think Shallow is doing a good job on helping Slender? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: If it be my luck so; if not happy man be his dole! a) If it be my luck? So: if not, happy man be his dole! b) If it be my luck, so; if not, happy man be his dole! c) If it be my luck so. If not, happy man be his dole! d) If it be my luck! So; if not, happy man been his dole! e) Correct as is

131 1) Cell #26- Fenton and Anne Page? NO! 2) Anne Page: Alas, I had rather be set quickly I the earth and bowl d to death with turnips! Mistress Page: Come, trouble not yourself. Good Master Fenton, I will not be your friend or enemy: My daughter will I question how she loves you, And as I find her, so am I affected. Till then farewell, sir: she must needs go in; Her father will be angry. 3) Page and Mistress Page arrive there and Mistress Page tells Master Fenton that she does not hate him nor like him. She tries to be impartial by saying that her daughter should choose whoever she loves. 4) What does Mistress Page tell Fenton? 5) In the quote above the word turnips most nearly means a) A turn b) A desert c) A plant d) An animal 6) Do you think Mistress Page is really going to let Anne Page decide whom to marry? Why or why not? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I mean it not! I seek you a better husband! a) I mean it not, I seek you a better husband; b) I mean it not: I seek you a better husband? c) I mean it not! I seek you a better husband. d) I mean it not; I seek you a better husband. e) Correct as is

132 1) Cell #27- Mistress Quickly and her plans 2) Mistress Quickly: A kind heart he hath: a woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart. But yet I would my master had Mistress Anne; or I would Master Slender had her; or, in sooth, I would Master Fenton had her; 3) Mistress Quickly is talking to herself saying that she will try to help all three of them because she has promised them and she also has to go to Falstaff to tell him about Mistress Page and Mistress Ford s invitation. 4) Who is Mistress Quickly going to go visit now? 5) In the quote above the word sooth most nearly means a) Food b) Truth c) False d) Both 6) Do you think that they will find out about what Mistress Quickly is doing later in the play? Why or why not? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I thank thee and I pray thee, once to-night give my sweet Nan this ring; there s for thy pains. a) I thank thee! And I pray thee! Once tonight give my sweet Nan this ring! there s for thy pains. b) I thank thee; and I pray thee? Once tonight give my sweet Nan this ring: there s for thy pains. c) I thank thee; and I pray thee, once to-night give my sweet Nan this ring: there s for thy pains. d) I thank thee, and I pray thee, once to-night give my sweet Nan this ring? There s for thy pains. e) Correct as is

133 1) Cell #28- Falstaff s Story 2) Falstaff: Have I lived to be carried in a basket, like a barrow of butcher s offal, and to be thrown in the Thames? Well, if I be served such another trick, I ll have my brains ta en out and buttered, and give them a dog for a new-years gift 3) Falstaff is telling Bardolph how he was dumped into the Thames from the laundry basket. He is angry and describes how the water was shallow and he was able to reach the surface. 4) What does Falstaff tell Bardolph? 5) In the quote above the word offal most nearly means a) Work b) Animal c) Shoes d) Rubbish 6) If you where Bardolph would you believe Falstaff? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Go fetch me a quart of sack! And put a toast in it. a) Go fetch me a quart of sack and put a toast in it. b) Go fetch me a quart of sack; put a toast in t. c) Go fetch me a quart of sack! put a toast in t. d) Go fetch me a quart of sack? Put a toast in it. e) Correct as is

134 1) Cell #29- Mistress Ford s second invitation 2) Falstaff: Simple of itself; I ll no pullet-sperm in my brewage Mistress Quickly: Marry, sir, I come to your worship from Mistress Ford. Falstaff: Mistress Ford! I have had ford enough; I was thrown into the ford; I have my belly full of ford. 3) Mistress Quickly arrives with Falstaff and she tells him that Mistress Ford is inviting him again and he tells her that he s tired of Mistress Ford because of everything that has been happening but at the end he decides to go. 4) Who is Falstaff tired of? 5) In the quote above the word brewage most nearly means a) Liquor b) Food c) Beer d) Beverage 6) Why do you think that Falstaff still decides to go? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Well! I will visit her: tell her so; and bid her think what a man is: a) Well, I will visit her: tell her so; and bid her think what a man is: b) Well, I will visit her: tell her so. And bid her think what a man is! c) Well; I will visit her? Tell her so; and bid her think what a man is: d) Well? I will visit her: tell her so? And bid her think what a man is: e) Correct as is

135 1) Cell #30- Mistress Ford s secret is revealed 2) Falstaff: I marvel I hear not of Master Brook; he sent me word to stay within: I like his money well. O, here he comes. Ford: Bless you, sir! Falstaff: Now, master Brook, you come to know what hath passed between me and Ford s wife? Ford: That, indeed, Sir John, is my business. Falstaff: Master Brook, I will not lie to you: I was at her house the hour she appointed me. 3) Ford is pretending to be Master Brook and goes visit Falstaff to ask him about his rendezvous with Mistress Ford and so he finds out that Mistress Ford is being unfaithful to him. 4) Who pretends to be Master Brook? 5) In the quote above the word marvel most nearly means a) To wait b) To ask c) To wonder d) To interrupt 6) Do you think that Ford is going to be angry at Mistress Ford? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Hum? Ha! Is this a vision? Is this a dream? Do I sleep? a) Hum! Ha! Is this a vision? Is this a dream? Do I sleep! b) Hum. Ha! is this a vision? is this a dream! do I sleep? c) Hum? ha! is this a vision! is this a dream? do I sleep? d) Hum! ha! is this a vision? is this a dream? do I sleep? e) Correct as is

136 Cell 1 1) 2) MISTRESS PAGE: Is he at Master Ford's already, think'st thou? 3) Mistress Page finds out from Mistress Quickly that Falstaff is going to see Mistress Ford. 4) What did Mistress Quickly talk about? 5) In the quote above the word already most closely means a) too late b) so soon c) will be d) in the future 6) Why would Mistress Page want to know if Falstaff went to see Ford or Mistress Ford? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I ll be with her by and by a) I ll be near her b) I won t be there c) I ll be there soon d) I m going now

137 Cell 2 1) 2) MISTRESS PAGE: Sir Hugh, my husband says my son profits nothing in the world at his book; I pray you ask him some questions in his accidence. 3) Mistress Page was going to take her son, William, to school, but Sir Hugh Evans says that there wasn t any today. 4) Did William go to school? 5) In the quote above the word accidence most closely means a) mistaken by chance b) analyzed grammar c) forgotten memory d) royal presence 6) Why did Slender cancel school? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Come on, sirrah; hold up your head; answer your master, be not afraid. a) Don t do it if you re scared b) Just do it c) He commands you d) Stand up straight, tell him the answer, don t be scared

138 Cell 3 1) 2) SIR HUGH Evans: Leave your prabbles, 'oman. What is the focative case, William? WILLIAM: O vocativo, O. SIR HUGH EVANS: Remember, William: focative is caret. MISTRESS QUICKLY: And that's a good root. 45 SIR HUGH EVANS: 'Oman, forbear. 3) Sir Hugh Evans quizzes William about things he learned and Mistress Quickly misunderstands. 4) What did Sir Hugh Evans talk about to William? 5) In the quote above the word caret most closely means a) orange vegetable b) unit in jewelry c) straight truth d) proofreading mark 6) Why did Sir Hugh Evans suddenly ask William questions about what is what? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: 'Oman, art thou lunatics? hast thou no understandings for thy cases and the numbers of the genders? Thou art as foolish Christian creatures as I would desires. a) Woman, are you crazy? You are idiotic as I thought.

139 b) Woman, are you crazy? I don t understand you. c) Woman, where are you? I think you re a Christian. d) Woman, where are you? I thought you were dumb.

140 Cell 4 1) 2) MISTRESS PAGE: He is a better scholar than I thought he was. SIR HUGH EVANS: He is a good sprag memory. Farewell, Mistress Page. MISTRESS PAGE: Adieu, good Sir Hugh. 3) Sir Hugh Evans asks him one more question before he leaves and Mistress Page think William s smarter than she thought. 4) What did Sir Hugh Evans ask? 5) In the quote above the word sprag most closely means a) sharp b) dull c) clean d) fine 6) Why didn t William s own mother think he wasn t that smart? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Get you home, boy. Come, we stay too long. a) You have to go. b) You need to get home. c) You re going to go. d) You are gone already.

141 Cell 5 1) 2) FALSTAFF: Mistress Ford, your sorrow hath eaten up my sufferance. I see you are obsequious in your love, and I profess requital to a hair's breadth; not only, Mistress Ford, in the simple office of love, but in all the accoutrement, complement, and ceremony of it. But are you sure of your husband now? 3) Falstaff talks to Mistress Ford and she hears something, so she tells him to step into a chamber. 4) What was Falstaff talking about to Mistress Ford? 5) In the quote above the word obsequious most closely means a) fawning b) loving c) forgiving d) exciting 6) Why did Mistress Ford hide Falstaff? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: He s a- birding, sweet Sir John. a) He s being a chicken, John. b) He s eating a bird, John. c) He s laying an egg, John.

142 d) He went hunting birds, John.

143 Cell 6 1) 2) MISTRESS PAGE: Why, woman, your husband is in his old lunes again. He so takes on yonder with my husband; so rails against all married mankind; so curses all Eve's daughters, of what complexion soever; and so buffets himself on the forehead, crying 'Peer out, peer out!' that any madness I 20 ever yet beheld seemed but tameness, civility, and patience, to this his distemper he is in now. I am glad the fat knight is not here. 3) Mistress Page knows Falstaff was with Mistress Ford and scares her into saying that he s hiding. 4) What did Mistress Page say about Mistress Ford s husband? 5) In the quote above the word lunes most closely means a) circle b) path c) time d) mind 6) Should have Mistress Page ask if Falstaff was there and why? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: I am undone! The knight is here. a) I m not ready. He s here. b) I m dead. He s here.

144 c) I m finished. Here he is. d) I m not done. Here s the guy.

145 Cell 7 1) 2) FALSTAFF: What shall I do? I'll creep up into the chimney. 45 MISTRESS FORD: There they always use to discharge their birdingpieces. Creep into the kiln-hole. FALSTAFF: Where is it? 3) Mistress Ford, Mistress Page, and Falstaff panic because Ford is coming. 4) Who are they trying to hide or get rid of from Ford? 5) In the quote above the word kiln-hole most closely means a) oven opening b) key hole c) garbage shoot d) window frame 6) What do you think Ford would do if he found Falstaff? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: If you go out in your semblance, you die, Sir John. Unless you go out disguised--. a) If you go, you die. If you hide--. b) If you leave, you die. If you re me--. c) If you go like this, you ll die. If you disguise yourself--. d) If you leave now, you ll die. If you re disguised--.

146 Cell 8 1) 2) MISTRESS PAGE: On my word, it will serve him; she's as big as he is; and there's her thrummed hat, and her muffler too. Run up, Sir John. 3) Mistress Ford suggests that Falstaff be disguised as a woman, as her maid s fat aunt from Brentford. 4) Who is the fat aunt? 5) In the quote above the word thrummed most closely means a) fringed b) tangled c) crossed d) loosened 6) Would Falstaff agree to dress as a woman to save his life? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Quick, quick! we ll come dress you straight: put on the gown the while. a) Hurry! We ll help you while you put on the dress. b) Hurry! We ll dress you in a dress. c) Hurry! We ll make it straight, but put it on first. d) Hurry! We ll come back when you re dressed.

147 Cell 9 1) 2) MISTRESS FORD: I would my husband would meet him in this shape; he cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch, forbade her my house, and hath threatened to beat her. MISTRESS PAGE: Heaven guide him to thy husband's cudgel; and the devil guide his cudgel afterwards! 3) Mistress Ford and Mistress Page talk about Ford and that he doesn t like the maid s fat aunt. 4) Where is the maid s fat aunt from? 5) In the quote above, the word cudgel most closely means a) a big hug b) a hair product c) a short club d) a Swedish city 6) Why doesn t Ford like the fat aunt? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Pray heaven it be not full of knight again. a) Here it goes again. b) Please God, he s not in here. c) Heaven s filled with guys in armor. d) Hope the knight s not hiding in here again.

148 Cell 10 1) 2) FORD: Ay, but if it prove true, Master Page, have you any way then to unfool me again? Set down the basket, villain! Somebody call my wife. Youth in a basket! O you panderly rascals! there's a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me. Now shall the devil be shamed. What, wife, I say! Come, come forth! behold what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! 3) The servants bring out the basket when Ford and others finally get home. 4) Who arrives? 5) In the quote above the word pander most closely means a) drool b) lie c) trick d) sell 6) Why is Ford yelling and suspecting his wife is cheating on him? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Indeed, Master Ford, this is not well, indeed. a) No, it s bad. b) No, it s not Mister Ford. c) Yes, it s Mister Ford.

149 d) Yes, it s not good.

150 Cell 11 1) 2) FORD: Master Page, as I am a man, there was one conveyed out of my house yesterday in this basket: why may not he be there again? In my house I am sure he is; my intelligence is true; my jealousy is reasonable. Pluck me out all the linen. 3) Ford orders others to empty the basket and tries to find out that Mistress Ford is cheating on him. 4) What is Ford looking for and where? 5) In the quote above the word pluck most closely means a) take out b) pull apart c) break away d) torn together 6) Would Ford find any traces of Falstaff or others? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: No, nor nowhere else but in your brain. a) No, you re crazy. b) No, or it s in your head. c) No, your brain is not here. d) No, you re crazy in your brain and nowhere else.

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152 Cell 12 1) 2) FORD: A witch, a quean, an old cozening quean! Have I not forbid her my house? She comes of errands, does she? We are simple men; we do not know what's brought to pass under the profession of fortune-telling. She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is, beyond our element. We know nothing. Come down, you witch, you hag you; come down, I say! 3) Ford finds nothing but a fat woman and beats her because she s the maid s aunt from Brentford. 4) Who does he find? 5) In the quote above the word cozening most closely means a) deceiving b) wise c) preposterous d) unexplainable 6) Would you beat the woman if you were Ford and why? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Let s obey his humour a little further: come, gentlemen. a) Let s make him laugh. Let s go.

153 b) Let s do what he say happily. Come on. c) Let s make him happy, go guys. d) Let s humor him, come on, guys.

154 Cell 13 1) 2) HOST: They shall have my horses, but I'll make them pay; I'll sauce them; they have had my house a week at command; I have turned away my other guests. They must come off; I'll sauce them. Come. 3) Bardolph tells the Host that Germans want three horses and he agrees. 4) Who wants three horses? 5) In the quote above the word sauce most closely means a) disrespect b) retreat c) misclassify d) pour 6) Why would the Host agree, but act rude towards them? 7) Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of the choices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: Ay, sir; I ll call them to you. a) Yes, sir. I ll tell them for you. b) Yes, sir. I ll leave a message for them. c) Yes, sir; I ll tell them to come to you. d) Yes, sir I ll ask them for you.

155 Cell 14 1) 2) EVANS: 'Tis one of the best discretions of a 'oman as ever did look upon. PAGE: And did he send you both these letters at an instant? MRS: Within a quarter of an hour. 3) Mistress Page is talking with Sir Hugh Evans about Falstaff and the affair. Ford apologizes to his wife for his suspicions. 4) What does Page ask Mistress Page? 5) In the quote above the word quarter most closely means A) monkey B) a coin C) 1/4 D) a room

156 Cell 15 1) 2) PAGE: That silk will I go buy. [Aside.] And in that time Shall Master Slender steal my Nan away, And marry her at Eton. Go, send to Falstaff straight. 3) Mistress Page plot to have Anne marry their favorite suitors. 4) What is Page going to go buy? 5) In the quote above the word steal most closely means A) to take B) to move C) to draw attention D) to kick

157 Cell 16 1) 2) FALSTAFF: There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with, me; but she's gone. SIMPLE: Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brainford? FALSTAFF: Ay, marry was it, mussel-shell: what would you with her? 3) Simple asks whether or not the fat woman at the inn could fortell whether Nym had stolen Slender s chain. Falstaff says she did. 5) In the quote above the word wise most closely means A) crafty B) special C) insightful E) happy

158 Cell 1: SCENE I. A room in the Garter Inn. Enter FALSTAFF and MISTRESS QUICKLY FALSTAFF Prithee, no more prattling; go. I'll hold. This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away I go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. Away! MISTRESS QUICKLY I'll provide you a chain; and I'll do what I can to get you a pair of horns. FALSTAFF Away, I say; time wears: hold up your head, and mince. Exit MISTRESS QUICKLY Enter FORD (disguised as Brook) How now, Master Brook! Master Brook, the matter will be known to-night, or never. Be you in the Park about midnight, at Herne's oak, and you shall see wonders. FORD Went you not to her yesterday, sir, as you told me you had appointed? FALSTAFF I went to her, Master Brook, as you see, like a poor old man: but I came from her, Master Brook, like a poor old woman. That same knave Ford, her husband, hath the finest mad devil of jealousy in him, Master Brook, that ever governed frenzy. I will tell you: he beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman; for in the shape of man, Master Brook, I fear

159 not Goliath with a weaver's beam; because I know also life is a shuttle. I am in haste; go along with me: I'll tell you all, Master Brook. Since I plucked geese, played truant and whipped top, I knew not what 'twas to be beaten till lately. Follow me: I'll tell you strange things of this knave Ford, on whom to-night I will be revenged, and I will deliver his wife into your hand. Follow. Strange things in hand, Master Brook! Follow. Exeunt Summary- Falstaff and Mistress Quickly are talking and preparing Falstaff s' costume as Herne the Hunter, so he can meet Mistress Page and Mistress Ford in Windsor Park. Mistress Quickly says that she'll get him the horns and chains that he'll need for the costume when Ford enters. Falstaff tells Master Brook, who is really Ford in disguise, that he should be in the park at Herne's oak that night to settle matters. Ford asks him if he hadn t made an appointment with Mistress Ford yesterday. Falstaff answers by telling Ford that he was caught by her husband and that he was beaten because of the appointment, oblivious to the fact that Ford was the one that had beaten him up. He also tells Master Brooke that he will avenge himself from Ford that night and tells Master Brooke that he will deliver Mistress Ford s hand to Master Brooke. Reading Comprehension- What were Falstaff and Mistress Quickly doing? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word prattling most closely means: a. running, jogging b. laughing, cackling c. babbling, chatting d. crying, weeping Discussion Question- How do you think Ford felt when he listened to Falstaff s confession? Literary Device- When Falstaff says This is the third time, the repetition of consonant sounds is the literary device known as: a. Alliteration b. Imagery

160 c. Consonance d. Euphony

161 Cell 2 SCENE II. Windsor Park. Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER PAGE Come, come; we'll couch i' the castle-ditch till we see the light of our fairies. Remember, son Slender, my daughter. SLENDER Ay, forsooth; I have spoke with her and we have a nay-word how to know one another: I come to her in white, and cry 'mum;' she cries 'budget;' and by that we know one another. SHALLOW That's good too: but what needs either your 'mum' or her 'budget?' the white will decipher her well enough. It hath struck ten o'clock. PAGE The night is dark; light and spirits will become it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns. Let's away; follow me. Exeunt Summary- Page, Shallow, and Slender are in Windsor Park, where Page says that they'll hide until they see the light of their "fairies" and also tells Slender to remember his daughter. Slender tells him that he's already spoken to her and made a plan about how they'll recognize each other. He says that she'll be wearing white and he'll say "mum", where in return she'll say "budget". Shallow asks why they

162 need to say "mum" or "budget" when Slender will be able to tell her apart by the white costume she'll be wearing. He also says that it's 10 o'clock. Page says that the fairies and spirits will look well because it's dark, and also says that only the devil means evil and they'll know him by the horns (he means Falstaff). Reading Comprehension- How will Slender and Anne Page supposedly recognize each other? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word forsooth most closely means: a. indeed, certainly b. spitefully, bitingly c. doubtingly, uncertainly d. timidly, nervously Discussion Question- Do you think that Slender and Anne have a good plan? Is it right for Anne s father to force her into a marriage she doesn t want? Literary Device- In the quote above Shakespeare has named his characters Shallow and Slender, which suggests that Shallow is very dumb and Slender, very skinny. The literary device where the character s name suggests its personality or occupation is called a. aptronym b. antonomasia c. astesmus d. ballad

163 Cell 3 SCENE III. A street leading to the Park. Enter MISTRESS PAGE, MISTRESS FORD, and DOCTOR CAIUS MISTRESS PAGE Master doctor, my daughter is in green: when you see your time, take her by the band, away with her to the deanery, and dispatch it quickly. Go before into the Park: we two must go together. DOCTOR CAIUS I know vat I have to do. Adieu. MISTRESS PAGE Fare you well, sir. Exit DOCTOR CAIUS My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse of Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter: but 'tis no matter; better a little chiding than a great deal of heart-break. MISTRESS FORD Where is Nan now and her troop of fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh? Summary- Mistress Page, Mistress Ford, and Dr. Caius are on a road leading up to the park. Mistress Page tells the Doctor that her daughter (Anne Page) will be wearing green, and tells him to take her by the band and go get married when that opportunity presents itself. The Doctor says he knows what to do, says good-bye, and leaves. After saying goodbye to the doctor, Mistress Page says that her husband won't be so happy at the trick played on Falstaff as he will be angry and annoyed at his daughter's marriage with the doctor.

164 Mistress Ford asks where Nan and her fairies are and then asks about Hugh. Reading Comprehension- What is Dr. Caius and Mistress Page s plan? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word deanery most closely means: a. official residence of the tyrannical dean b. official residence of the manly dean c. official residence of the educational dean d. official residence of the clerical dean Discussion Question- If you were Anne Page and everyone wanted to marry you, how would you feel? Literary Device- In the following quote Pistol is giving the elves orders. Elves, list your names; silence, you airy toys. Cricket, to Windsor chimneys shalt thou leap: Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept, There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry: Our radiant queen hates sluts and sluttery. The idea is introduced pejoratively to draw attention to Pistol. This is an example of the literary device a. chiasmus b. autoclesis c. antistoichon d. antisagoge

165 Cell 4 MISTRESS PAGE They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights; which, at the very instant of Falstaff's and our meeting, they will at once display to the night. MISTRESS FORD That cannot choose but amaze him. MISTRESS PAGE If he be not amazed, he will be mocked; if he be amazed, he will every way be mocked. MISTRESS FORD We'll betray him finely. MISTRESS PAGE Against such lewdsters and their lechery Those that betray them do no treachery. MISTRESS FORD The hour draws on. To the oak, to the oak! Exeunt Summary- Mistress Page answers Mistress Ford by telling her that everyone is crouched in a pit under Herne's oak with obscured lights, which they will display to the night when both of them meet Falstaff. Mistress Ford remarks that the prank is going to amaze and trick him. Mistress Page says that he will be mocked whether he falls for the trick or not. Mistress Ford in reply says that they will trick him well with their prank. Mistress Page then says that Falstaff is getting what he deserves and that it's no treachery to trick and mock such lechers as Falstaff. Mistress Ford then says that it is almost time and that they should hurry to the oak. Both of them leave.

166 Reading Comprehension- Where were the people dressed as fairies hiding? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word lechery most closely means: a. sluttery b. lasciviousness c. pandering d. prostitution Discussion Question- If you were fat, ugly, and a little dense, like Falstaff, would you fall for the prank? Literary Device- In the following line Falstaff says, think on 't, Jove; the intentional dropping of an unstressed syllable which is usually a vowel is the literary device a. ars est celare artem b. aside c. bowdlerize d. aphaeresis

167 Cell 5 SCENE IV. Windsor Park. Enter SIR HUGH EVANS, disguised, with others as Fairies SIR HUGH EVANS Trib, trib, fairies; come; and remember your parts: be pold, I pray you; follow me into the pit; and when I give the watch-'ords, do as I pid you: come, come; trib, trib. Exeunt Summary- Sir Hugh Evans and the others are dressed as fairies in Windsor Park. He is trying to get all the fairies to get into the pit and remember their parts for the prank. He also bids them to do as he says. Reading Comprehension- What is Sir Hugh Evans trying to get everyone to do? Vocabulary- They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights In the quote above the word obscure most closely means: a. clear, distinct, definite b. difficult, puzzling, mystical c. lucid, bright, luminous d. faint, concealed, dim Discussion Question- Was it right when no one to pay attention to Sir Hugh? Was it morally correct to make fun of him during the story because of his Welsh accent?

168 Literary Device- In the story Sir Hugh Evans is ridiculed various times for his Welsh accent which is clear when he says, Trib, trib, fairies; come; and remember your parts: be pold, I pray you; follow me into the pit; and when I give the watch-'ords, do as I pid you: come, come; trib, trib. Mistress Page even calls him the Welsh devil, the ridicule through exaggeration of prominent features or characteristics is the literary device known as a. caricature b. chiasmus c. aubade d. aporia

169 Cell 6 SCENE V. Another part of the Park. Enter FALSTAFF disguised as Herne FALSTAFF The Windsor bell hath struck twelve; the minute draws on. Now, the hot-blooded gods assist me! Remember, Jove, thou wast a bull for thy Europa; love set on thy horns. O powerful love! that, in some respects, makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast. You were also, Jupiter, a swan for the love of Leda. O omnipotent Love! how near the god drew to the complexion of a goose! A fault done first in the form of a beast. O Jove, a beastly fault! And then another fault in the semblance of a fowl; think on 't, Jove; a foul fault! When gods have hot backs, what shall poor men do? For me, I am here a Windsor stag; and the fattest, I think, i' the forest. Send me a cool rut-time, Jove, or who can blame me to piss my tallow? Who comes here? my doe? Summary- Falstaff is telling himself that the bell has struck twelve midnight and that it is almost time to meet the two ladies (Mistress Page and Mistress Ford). Falstaff then shifts his speech and talks to Zeus and tells Zeus to remember that he changed into a bull for Europa. Falstaff also tells Zeus to remember that he also changed into a swan for the love of Leda. Falstaff continues to talk to Zeus about how he (Falstaff) has changed to the fattest Windsor stag in the forest. He then hears a sound and asks if it is his "doe" (Mistress Ford).

170 Reading Comprehension- Who is Falstaff talking to, and what does he say? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word omnipotent most closely means: a. divine, god-like b. powerless, restricted c. limitless, unbound d. nice, fine Discussion Question- What would you have done if you were in a forest dressed as a deer? Literary Device- In the quote above Falstaff is talking to Zeus. The line where he says, Jove, thou wast a bull for thy Europa, is an example of the literary device a. bombast b. apostrophe c. autoclesis d. antihero

171 Cell 7 MISTRESS FORD Sir John! art thou there, my deer? my male deer? FALSTAFF My doe with the black scut! Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of Green Sleeves, hail kissing-comfits and snow eringoes; let there come a tempest of provocation, I will shelter me here. MISTRESS FORD Mistress Page is come with me, sweetheart. FALSTAFF Divide me like a bribe buck, each a haunch: I will keep my sides to myself, my shoulders for the fellow of this walk, and my horns I bequeath your husbands. Am I a woodman, ha? Speak I like Herne the hunter? Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience; he makes restitution. As I am a true spirit, welcome! Noise within MISTRESS PAGE Alas, what noise? MISTRESS FORD Heaven forgive our sins FALSTAFF What should this be? MISTRESS FORD MISTRESS PAGE Away, away! They run off FALSTAFF I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire; he would

172 never else cross me thus. Summary- In response to Falstaff s question Mistress Ford replies by asking if her "deer," Falstaff, was there. Falstaff replies by saying that if different types of weather do things like rain potatoes, he will protect himself. Basically what he is saying is that he will protect himself from the problems and obstacles that he might have to face. Mistress Ford replies to this statement by saying that Mistress Page has come with her also. Falstaff says that they should divide him between them both, with each of them getting a leg, but he tells them that he'll keep his sides to himself, his shoulders to the man of the walk, and says that he'll keep his horns for their husbands. He then asks them if he speaks like Herne the Hunter and if he is a woodman, and then states that Cupid, who is a child of conscience, is restoring what he hadn't given Falstaff before, and welcomes the ladies to him. Mistress Page then hears a noise (which is part of the prank) and asks what it was. Mistress Ford in return asks God to forgive them for their sins. Falstaff asks what's going on, and both Mistress Page and Mistress Ford run away while they say, "Away, Away!" Reading Comprehension- Who were Falstaff s horns, legs, shoulders, and sides reserved for? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word scut most closely means: a. short erect tail b. short prone tail c. long erect tail d. long prone tail Discussion Question- Do you think it s is right for Mistress Page and Mistress Ford to be part of the prank on Falstaff? Why? Literary Device- In the quote above Mistress Ford says, Sir John! art thou there, my deer? my male deer? to Falstaff. She intentionally misuses the word deer for humor. This is an example of the literary device a. astesmus b. antiphrasis c. catachresis d. apocope

173 Cell 8 Enter SIR HUGH EVANS, disguised as before; PISTOL, as Hobgoblin; MISTRESS QUICKLY, ANNE PAGE, and others, as Fairies, with tapers MISTRESS QUICKLY Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revellers and shades of night, You orphan heirs of fixed destiny, Attend your office and your quality. Crier Hobgoblin, make the fairy oyes. PISTOL Elves, list your names; silence, you airy toys. Cricket, to Windsor chimneys shalt thou leap: Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept, There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry: Our radiant queen hates sluts and sluttery. FALSTAFF They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die: I'll wink and couch: no man their works must eye. Lies down upon his face Summary- Sir Hugh Evans, Mistress Quickly, Anne Page, and some others are disguised as fairies along with Pistol who is disguised as Hobgoblin enter the scene. Mistress Quickly is seen to be giving orders to the fairies to go and do their jobs and tells Hobgoblin to gain their attention and make his proclamations. Pistol (Hobgoblin) tells the elves to list their names, the airy toys (fairies) to shut up, and tells Cricket that he will be going into the chimneys where the fires are unraked and the hearths unswept and pinch the maids there until they're as blue as bilberries because their queen hates sluts and sluttery. Falstaff noticing they are "fairies" says that they are fairies

174 and that anyone who speaks to them shall die and says that if he hides no one will notice or see him. He lies down on his face after he has said his line. Reading Comprehension- Why did the very fat Falstaff lie down on his face? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word reveller most closely means: a. someone who fortune tells b. someone who reveals secrets to others c. someone who parties and makes a lot of noise d. someone who sleeps all the time Discussion Question- What do you think the fairies will do to Falstaff when they notice him? Literary Device- In the story the humans do not talk in rhyme most of the time, however the ones that are disguised as fairies and elves do. The slang of a social class is the literary device known as a. carpe diem b. blazon c. bouts-rimes d. argot

175 Cell 9 SIR HUGH EVANS Where's Bede? Go you, and where you find a maid That, ere she sleep, has thrice her prayers said, Raise up the organs of her fantasy; Sleep she as sound as careless infancy: But those as sleep and think not on their sins, Pinch them, arms, legs, backs, shoulders, sides and shins. MISTRESS QUICKLY About, about; Search Windsor Castle, elves, within and out: Strew good luck, ouphes, on every sacred room: That it may stand till the perpetual doom, In state as wholesome as in state 'tis fit, Worthy the owner, and the owner it. The several chairs of order look you scour With juice of balm and every precious flower: Each fair instalment, coat, and several crest, With loyal blazon, evermore be blest! And nightly, meadow-fairies, look you sing, Like to the Garter's compass, in a ring: The expressure that it bears, green let it be, More fertile-fresh than all the field to see; And 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' write In emerald tufts, flowers purple, blue and white; Let sapphire, pearl and rich embroidery, Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee: Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Away; disperse: but till 'tis one o'clock, Our dance of custom round about the oak

176 Of Herne the hunter, let us not forget. Summary- Sir Hugh Evans (disguised as a fairy) tells Bede to go and pinch every maid that is soundly sleeping and not thinking or dreaming of their sins. Mistress Quickly tells the fairies to also go and search the inside and outside of every house and spread good luck charms in every sacred room so that the rooms will stand in the everlasting doom. She also tells them to spread the charms so that the owner is worthy of it and it is worthy of the owner. She later tells them to leave and break up, but not before they dance around the oak of Herne the Hunter as it is 1 o'clock. Reading Comprehension- What did the fairies have to do before they went and spread good look charms around? Vocabulary- In the quote above the word expressure most closely means: a. pressure that used to be there b. an expression or phrase c. a dent made by a force d. a bad omen Discussion Question- Is it right when the fairies and elves go and pinch the sleeping maids and spread good luck charms so the rooms will last through the never-ending doom? Literary Device- In the quote above Mistress Quickly uses nice sounding words when she is talking to the fairies. Making something bad sound nice is the literary device a. catachresis b. metonomy c. amelioration d. synecdoche

177 Cell 10 SIR HUGH EVANS Pray you, lock hand in hand; yourselves in order set And twenty glow-worms shall our lanterns be, To guide our measure round about the tree. But, stay; I smell a man of middle-earth. FALSTAFF Heavens defend me from that Welsh fairy, lest he transform me to a piece of cheese! PISTOL Vile worm, thou wast o'erlook'd even in thy birth. MISTRESS QUICKLY With trial-fire touch me his finger-end: If he be chaste, the flame will back descend And turn him to no pain; but if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. PISTOL A trial, come. SIR HUGH EVANS Come, will this wood take fire? They burn him with their tapers FALSTAFF Oh, Oh, Oh!

178 MISTRESS QUICKLY Corrupt, corrupt, and tainted in desire! About him, fairies; sing a scornful rhyme; And, as you trip, still pinch him to your time. SONG. Fie on sinful fantasy! Fie on lust and luxury! Lust is but a bloody fire, Kindled with unchaste desire, Fed in heart, whose flames aspire As thoughts do blow them, higher and higher. Pinch him, fairies, mutually; Pinch him for his villany; Pinch him, and burn him, and turn him about, Till candles and starlight and moonshine be out. During this song they pinch FALSTAFF. DOCTOR CAIUS comes one way, and steals away a boy in green; SLENDER another way, and takes off a boy in white; and FENTON comes and steals away ANN PAGE. A noise of hunting is heard within. All the Fairies run away. FALSTAFF pulls off his buck's head, and rises Sir Hugh Evans (still disguised as a fairy) tells the other "fairies" to pair up and that their lanterns will be 20 glow-worms, which will guide their steps around the tree, but tells them to stay because he smells a man. Falstaff hearing this asks the Heavens to protect him from the Welsh fairy(sir Hugh) or else Sir Hugh will turn him into a piece of cheese. Pistol ("fairy") calls Falstaff a vile worm and tells him that he was always overlooked even in his birth. Mistress Quickly tells them that he shall have a trial and in it they will touch him with a flame and that if he is innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse the fire won't hurt or burn him, but if he starts then he has a corrupted heart and is guilty. Sir Hugh then asks if the wood will burn. After his question they burn Falstaff with their tapers (long wax candles or the waxed wick used in the candles). After they burn him Mistress Quickly says that he is corrupt and tells the fairies to surround him a sing a scornful rhyme, and tells them that while they're dancing they should pinch him to the beat. While the fairies sing and pinch Falstaff, Doctor Cauis comes one way and takes a boy wearing green, while Slender comes another way and takes a boy wearing white. Fenton, then comes and steals Anne

179 Page away. After this a hunting noise is heard and the fairies run away. Falstaff then pulls of his buck's head and rises from the ground. What will guide the fairies around the oak? In the quote above the word chaste most closely means a) Forbidden sexual intercourse or prostitution b) Legal sexual intercourse or none at all c) Emotional Intimacy or no feelings at all d) Physical attraction or hate Do you think it is right for the fairies to burn Falstaff?

180 Cell 11 Sir john, we have ill luck; we could never meet. I will never take you for my love again; but I will Always count you my deer. --Mistress Ford Page, Ford, Mistress Page, and Mistress Ford enter the scene. Page demands Falstaff to halt his evasions tells him he has been watched. Mistress Page intrudes upon their dialogue and beseeches them to stop their chit-chat, she then turns to, and questions Falstaff how he likes the Windsor wives now. She then asks her husband if he sees the yokes and asks him that (those two animals) fit better in the forest (where animals/savages belong) than in the town (where civilized people belong). Ford then asks Falstaff who the cuckold (a man married to an unfaithful wife) is now, and starts to feigns like he is having conversation with Master Brook, and talks about how Falstaff is a knave as well as how Falstaff owes Master Brook (Ford) money, and how Falstaff's horses will be taken away from Falstaff as the payment. Mistress Ford tells Falstaff they could never meet and continues by telling him that she will never call him her love again, but that he'll always remain her friend. Falstaff then says that he thinks he's been made an ass. Ford then repartees: he says that he has been made more than that. Falstaff immediately ponders if the fairies he recently encountered were real, the guilt and the surprise made him think they were. Thereafter he asks them if they see how wit can be made into something that is made fun of when it is used as a prank. Mistress Page says who two yokes deserve to dwell in the forest instead of the town?

181 In the quote enjoyed nothing of Ford s but his buck-basket, his/ cudgel, and twenty pounds of money, which must be word cudgel most closely means a) Precious jewelry b) Heavy club c) Crude Insult d) Secret Note Instead of labeling a pair of people that discomfort you yokes, what would you call them? Nay do not fly; I think watch d you know Will none Herne the hunter serve your turn? Nay don t fly; I think watch d you know Will none Herne the hunter serve your turn? Nay do not fly; I think watched you know Will none Herne the hunter serve your turn? Nay don t fly; I think watched you know Will none Herne the hunter serve your turn? Correct As Is

182 Cell 12 Have I laid my brain in the sun and dried it, that it wants matter to prevent so gross o erreaching as this? --Falstaff Sir Hugh Evans tells Falstaff to serve God, and forsake his desires so the fairies won't pinch him. Ford remarks to Hugh that it was well said. Sir Hugh then politely tells Ford to leave his jealousies behind. Ford responds that he can t mistrust his wife until he (Sir Hugh Evans) is able to woo her in good English. Falstaff can't believe what has happened to him, and can t believe what is going on now. Sir Hugh tells him something with his Welsh accent that is hard to understand. Falstaff, being mystified and amazed, repeats the couple of words that Sir Hugh spoke of and says if he has lived to stand at the taunt of someone who makes fritters (dried fruit) of the English. He also says that all that has happened (especially Sir Hugh telling him what to do) is enough to be the ruin of lust and late-walking through the land. Who is told to forget his aspirations? In the quote above the word overreach most closely means To outwit others To reveal excessive self-confidence To get better To reach beyond Would you forget your goals if someone intimidated you to do so, publicly humiliated you through an elaborate practical joke, and stood around in a big crowd calling you bad names? I will never mistrust my wife again till thou art

183 able to woo her in good English. 1) I will never mistrust my wife again till thou art able to woo her in good English. 2) I will never mistrust my wife again till though art able to woo her in good English. 3) I will never mistrust my wife again till thou art able to woo her in well English. 4) Correct As Is

184 Cell 13 Why Sir John, do you think, though we would have the virtue out of our hearts by the head and shoulders and given ourselves without scruple to hell, that ever the devil could have made your delight? -- Mistress Page Mistress Page asks Falstaff why he thinks that the devil could have made him their delight. Ford, Page, and Mistress Page then continue with a relentless series of questions towards Falstaff. Who produced whose delight? In the quote above the word scruple most closely means a) An uneasy feeling arising from the conscience b) A blank thought from the mind c) Detailed information from the brain d) Scary message from a dream Has anyone sinister fulfilled any of your joys? Old, cold, wither d, and of intolerable entrails? 1) Old, cold, wither d, and of intelorable entrails? 2) Old, cold, withered, and of intolerable entrails? 3) Old, cold, withered, and of intelorable entrails? 4) Correct As Is

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186 Cell 14 And given to fornications, and to taverns and sack and whine and metheglins, and to drinkings and swearing and starings, pribbles and prabbles? --Sir Hugh Evans Sir Hugh Evans continues the conversation from Mistress first statement. Falstaff implies that he is the subject of their talk. He also says that he is gloomy and that he is not able to answer the Welsh flattery. He also adds that ignorance is a weight over him and tells them to use him as they will. Ford tells him to get married, and that soon they'll take him to Master Brook in Windsor who Falstaff has deceived and coaxed of money, to whom he would have been an exploiter of love. Ford tells Falstaff that paying the money back will be enough punishment for him. Page then tells him to be happy, because he will eat at his house that night. He also tells him that when they reach his house (Page s) he will desire Falstaff to laugh at his wife like she has laughed at him, and tell her that Master Slender has married her daughter. Mistress Page says that if Anne Page was her daughter then she would already be married to Dr. Caius. Who has ignorance as a burden? In the quote above the word tavern most closely means A) Lavatory, WC, bathroom B) Hostelry, inn, bar C) Viewer, stereoscope D) Situate, park, stump Under what circumstances would you marry?

187 [Aside] Doctors doubt that; If Anne Page Be my daughter, she is by this, Doctor Caius wife. 1) [Aside] Doctors doubt that: If Anne Page Be my daughter, she is by this, Doctor Caius wife. 2) [Aside] Doctors doubt that: If Anne Page Be my daughter, she is, by this, Doctor Caius wife. 3) [Aside] Doctors doubt that: If Anne Page be my daughter, she is, by this, Doctor Caius wife. 4) Correct As Is

188 Cell 15 Whoa! Ho, father Page! --Slender Slender enters the scene and greets Page. Page asks Slender if he has gotten married yet. Slender cannot believe what he is asking and tells Page that if he had married Anne Page he would have been hanged. Page asks him of what charge. Slender says that he came to Eton to marry Anne Page, and found out that he was a boy, and says that if they hadn't been in the church he would have swung at the boy or vice versa. Page then tells him that he took the wrong person. What did Page tell Slender? In the quote I came yonder at Eton to marry Mistress Anne Page,/ and she s a great lubberly boy. the word lubberly most closely means a) Dynamic b) Chic c) Clumsy d) Sanctioned How would you react if you found out your fiancé was not the one, and further more, what if the person was of the opposite sex? Upon my life, then, you took the wrong. 1) Upon mine life, then, you took the wrong. 2) Upon my life, then, thee took the wrong. 3) Upon mine life, then, thee took thy wrong.

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190 Cell 16 What need you tell me that? I think so, when I took a boy for a girl. If I had been married to him, for all he was in woman s apparel, I would not have had him. --Slender Slender says that Page didn't need to tell him that he took the wrong person and continues to tell Page that he thought Page took the wrong person when he mistook a boy for a girl. He then says that if he had been married to that boy, since the boy was dressed in women's apparel, he wouldn't have had him. Page then tells him that this is his mistake and asks Page if he has told him that Slender would know his daughter by the cloths she was wearing. Slender tells Page that he went to her, who was in white and cried mum, where in return she cried budget as he and Anne had planned, but he then found out that it wasn't Anne but a postmaster's boy. Mistress Page tells her husband not to be angry with her because she knew his plan and turned Anne into green instead of white and tells him that Anne is with the Doctor at the deanery and there, they would be married. Slender married whom? In the quote I went to her in white, and cried mum, and she/ cried budget, as Anne and I had appointed; and yet/ the word mum most closely means a) Deafening b) Abstemious c) Taciturn d) Supercilious