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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. With whom is Hermia in love at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Egeus.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Demetrius.

2. On her second visit to Olivia in Twelfth Night, Viola protests that she will never love a what?
(a) Scoundrel.
(b) Fool.
(c) Woman.
(d) Illyrian.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Prospero bring his enemies to the island in The Tempest?

2. In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream begin?

3. For what purpose does Proteus hire the disguised Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

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

5. What does the wicked queen tell Pisanio the vial of potion she gives him is?

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