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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 reuniteds him with his estranged daughter.
(b) She brings him his favorite sweet.
(c) She cures his illness.
(d) She saves his son from a scorpion.

2. At the beginning of The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes order regarding his new daughter?
(a) She should be left to die in the wilderness.
(b) She should be imprisoned with her mother.
(c) She should be given to Polixenes.
(d) She should remain with him.

3. What news does the wicked Queen tell the King at the beginning of Cymbeline?
(a) Imogen is not his true daughter.
(b) There is a poisoner in the court.
(c) Imogen and Posthumus are married.
(d) Posthumus attempted to ravish her.

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

5. Where does Camillo offer to marry Perdita and Florizel to avoid Leontes' wrath in The Winter's Tale?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Cyprus.
(c) Illyria.
(d) Bohemia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Nerissa fall in love with in Merchant of Venice?

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

3. In All's Well That Ends Well, what must Helena do to gain Bertrand's hand in marriage?

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

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

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