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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 throw him from his horse.
(c) He will poison his brandywine.
(d) He will burn him in his bed.

2. How does Romeo gain entrance to the Capulets' ball?
(a) He sneaks through a window protage.
(b) He stays in the outer courtyard.
(c) He claims to be a distant cousin.
(d) He is masked.

3. In The Tempest, what important items does Prospero have that allow him to use magic on the island?
(a) Goblets.
(b) Wands.
(c) Potions.
(d) Books.

4. Who does Prospero release from servitude at the end of The Tempest?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Sycorax.
(d) Caliban.

5. Where does Timon go to live after he abandons humanity?
(a) Asia.
(b) A remote island.
(c) The woods.
(d) The desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does the wicked Queen tell the King at the beginning of Cymbeline?

2. Who does Olivia marry at the end of Twelfth Night?

3. What catastrophic event befalls Aegeon's return home in his story at the beginning of Comedy of Errors?

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

5. How does Romeo kill himself?

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