Comedy Of Errors T.T Q/A
a)Why was Egeon arrested in Ephesus?
A.By law, if any merchant from Syracuse was seen in the city of Ephesus, he would be put to death or he had to pay thousand marks. Egeon was an old merchant of Syracuse. Thus when spotted in the streets of Ephesus, he was arrested.
2. How did Egeon get separated from his wife and elder son?
A. One day when Egeon along with his family boarded a ship for home, a dreadful storm arose. The ship dashed against a mighty rock and was shattered to pieces. Due to this incident, Egeon got separated from his wife and elder son.
3.How did Egeon’s wife come to be in the nunnery?
A. Due to a storm Egeon and his wife got separated. A fisherman rescued her and the elder children, taking along the eldest Antipholus and Dromio with him. Since she was left alone, she entered a nunnery.
4. Why did Adriana think that her husband had gone mad?
A.When the money did not reach Antipholus of Ephesus, he went to his house along with the jailor to get the money. Antipholus of Ephesus reproached Adriana for not allowing him to enter his own house. She remembered how he had protested at lunch time that he was not her husband and that had never been in Ephesus till that day. She began to doubt him and thought that her husband had gone mad.
5. What did the duke do after hearing Egeon’s story?
A.After hearing to Egeon’s story the duke pitied him. The duke would have pardoned him, but for his duty towards the law. The duke decided to give Egeon a day to beg or borrow money to pay the fine.
6. Why was the goldsmith as well Antipholus of Ephesus taken to jail?
A. The goldsmith mistook Antipholus of Syracuse for Antipholus of Ephesus and had handed over a chain to him. A short while later, the goldsmith was arrested because he owed money to someone. Just then, Antipholus of Ephesus happened to pass by the place. When the goldsmith saw Antipholus, he asked to pay for the gold chain he had given him. Antipholus denied receiving the chain.
They disputed this matter a long time till at last the jailor took both Antipholus of Ephesus and the goldsmith to prison.
A.By law, if any merchant from Syracuse was seen in the city of Ephesus, he would be put to death or he had to pay thousand marks. Egeon was an old merchant of Syracuse. Thus when spotted in the streets of Ephesus, he was arrested.
2. How did Egeon get separated from his wife and elder son?
A. One day when Egeon along with his family boarded a ship for home, a dreadful storm arose. The ship dashed against a mighty rock and was shattered to pieces. Due to this incident, Egeon got separated from his wife and elder son.
3.How did Egeon’s wife come to be in the nunnery?
A. Due to a storm Egeon and his wife got separated. A fisherman rescued her and the elder children, taking along the eldest Antipholus and Dromio with him. Since she was left alone, she entered a nunnery.
4. Why did Adriana think that her husband had gone mad?
A.When the money did not reach Antipholus of Ephesus, he went to his house along with the jailor to get the money. Antipholus of Ephesus reproached Adriana for not allowing him to enter his own house. She remembered how he had protested at lunch time that he was not her husband and that had never been in Ephesus till that day. She began to doubt him and thought that her husband had gone mad.
5. What did the duke do after hearing Egeon’s story?
A.After hearing to Egeon’s story the duke pitied him. The duke would have pardoned him, but for his duty towards the law. The duke decided to give Egeon a day to beg or borrow money to pay the fine.
6. Why was the goldsmith as well Antipholus of Ephesus taken to jail?
A. The goldsmith mistook Antipholus of Syracuse for Antipholus of Ephesus and had handed over a chain to him. A short while later, the goldsmith was arrested because he owed money to someone. Just then, Antipholus of Ephesus happened to pass by the place. When the goldsmith saw Antipholus, he asked to pay for the gold chain he had given him. Antipholus denied receiving the chain.
They disputed this matter a long time till at last the jailor took both Antipholus of Ephesus and the goldsmith to prison.
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