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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. Who is the beggar whose hovel Lear sleeps in during the storm?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) The fool.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Kent.

2. Which of the following is not a prophecy the witches make at the beginning of Macbeth?
(a) Banquo's children will be kings.
(b) Macbeth will be the thane of Cawdor.
(c) Macbeth will be king.
(d) Banquo will be killed.

3. How does Julia respond to Valentine's offering of Silvia to Proteus?
(a) She reveals herself.
(b) She storms off.
(c) She cries bitterly.
(d) She faints.

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

5. How do Claudio and Don Pedro indicate to Benedick that Beatrice loves him in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) They leave a note for him to find.
(b) They tell him outright.
(c) They let him overhear a conversation.
(d) They show him Beatrice's journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tips off Orlando that his life is in danger in As You Like It?

2. Why does Bertram think he is within his rights to propose to Diana in All's Well That Ends Well?

3. Who does Bertrand marry at the end of All's Well That Ends Well?

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

5. At the beginning of King Lear, Cordelia says she loves her father to what extent?

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