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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through All's Well That Ends Well and The Taming of the Shrew.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In As You Like it, how does Oliver plan to kill Orlando after his initial plan fails?
(a) He will throw him from his horse.
(b) He will stab him at the church.
(c) He will burn him in his bed.
(d) He will poison his brandywine.

2. Who does Bertrand marry at the end of All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) No one.
(b) Diana.
(c) Helena.
(d) The widow.

3. In Merchant of Venice, why can Antonio not pay his bond to Shylock?
(a) His father recovers his health.
(b) His crops whither.
(c) His ships sink.
(d) His lands are seized by the state.

4. In what state does Cordelia's army find the mad Lear?
(a) Swimmin in a filthy brook.
(b) Wandering a field.
(c) Asleep int he Dover castle.
(d) Raving in a ravine.

5. At the beginning of Taming of the Shrew, Baptista declares that Bianca shall not wed until what?
(a) Until she is twenty years of age.
(b) Until the final judgment.
(c) Until she finishes her schooling.
(d) Until Katharine weds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petruchio declare he will do if he does not wed Katharine by Sunday?

2. At the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing, where are Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick returning from?

3. What service does Helena do the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well?

4. At the end of Much Ado About Nothing, Hero pretends to be her own what?

5. In Merchant of Venice, how does Shylock make money as a usurer?

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