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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Winter's Tale and Much Ado About Nothing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What request does Beatrice make of Benedick after Hero's honor is questioned?
(a) That he marry her.
(b) That he prove Hero's innocence.
(c) That he kill Claudio.
(d) That he leave Messina.

2. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what penalty does Hermia face if she refuses he father's choice of marriage?
(a) Public mockery.
(b) Death.
(c) Forced nunnery.
(d) Life imprisonment.

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

4. What role does Ariel take on the island in The Tempest?
(a) Caliban's accomplice.
(b) Prospero's assistant.
(c) Sycorax's suitor.
(d) Miranda's ward.

5. What does the juice of the purple flower do to people in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) It makes them fall in love.
(b) It makes them fall asleep.
(c) It makes them fall out of love.
(d) It makes them wake up.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leontes want Polixenes killed at the beginning of The Winter's Tale?

2. In The Winter's Tale, Polixenes is the king of what kingdom?

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

4. Which character concocts a devious plot to break up a marriage in Much Ado Ado Nothing?

5. In The Winter's Tale, what is Florizel when he first sees Perdita?

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