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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends word to Posthumus that Imogen has died?
(a) The queen.
(b) Iachomo.
(c) Belarius.
(d) Pisanio.

2. How does Lamb describe Hero at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Serious.
(b) Frivolous.
(c) Mannish.
(d) Sultry.

3. In The Winter's Tale, Polixenes is the king of what kingdom?
(a) Persia.
(b) Illyria.
(c) Atlantis.
(d) Bohemia.

4. What does Prospero do to Antonio when the two meet at the end of The Tempest?
(a) He forgives him.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He imprisons him in a tree.
(d) He marries him to Miranda.

5. How is Silvia related to the Duke of Milan?
(a) She is his daughter.
(b) She is his aunt.
(c) She is his sister.
(d) She is his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who concocts the scheme to marry Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing?

2. For what purpose does Proteus hire the disguised Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

3. In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream begin?

4. At the beginning of The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes order regarding his new daughter?

5. Where do Belarius and her two brothers, Polydore and Cadwal, live?

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