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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. What service does Helena do the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) She brings him his favorite sweet.
(b) She cures his illness.
(c) She saves his son from a scorpion.
(d) She reuniteds him with his estranged daughter.

2. 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 she finishes her schooling.
(c) Until the final judgment.
(d) Until Katharine weds.

3. In Merchant of Venice, how does Shylock make money as a usurer?
(a) He collects finder's fees.
(b) He charges interest.
(c) He runs a textile-works on the side.
(d) He invests in fishing interests.

4. At the beginning of Macbeth, the title character is than of what township?
(a) Cawdor.
(b) Glamis.
(c) Cumberland.
(d) Fife.

5. Why does Bassanio need money at the beginning of Merchant of Venice?
(a) He needs to pay off gambling debts.
(b) He wants to buy land in the country.
(c) He wants to marry a wealthy heiress.
(d) He wants to start a shipping business.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the French duke of As You Like It move to Arden?

3. What wild animal kill Antigones in The Winter's Tale?

4. In All's Well That Ends Well, what is Helena's father's profession?

5. Who is the beggar whose hovel Lear sleeps in during the storm?

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