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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. How does Leontes want Polixenes killed at the beginning of The Winter's Tale?
(a) He wants him stabbed.
(b) He wants him thrown from the battlements.
(c) He wants him poisoned.
(d) He wants him set ablaze.

2. Lying to his father in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus says his letter from Julia is from whom?
(a) The duke of Milan.
(b) Himself.
(c) Silvia.
(d) Valetine.

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

4. Which character concocts a devious plot to break up a marriage in Much Ado Ado Nothing?
(a) Borachio.
(b) Don John.
(c) Don Pedro.
(d) Benedick.

5. Who helps Helena plot her deception of Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) The Duke's daughter.
(b) Diana's mother.
(c) The pope.
(d) Bertram's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Orlando and the disguised Rosaline discuss when they meet in Arden?

2. What does the King of France suspect Bertrand of in All's Well That Ends Well?

3. In whose clothes is Margaret dressed as part of the devious plot in Much Ado About Nothing?

4. Who marries Cordelia at the beginning of King Lear?

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

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