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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through As You Like It and The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lamb describe Hero at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Sultry.
(b) Frivolous.
(c) Mannish.
(d) Serious.

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

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

4. In The Winter's Tale, what is Florizel when he first sees Perdita?
(a) Waking up from a nap.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Dancing at court.
(d) Hunting.

5. In whose clothes is Margaret dressed as part of the devious plot in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Beatrice's.
(b) Benedick's.
(c) Hero's.
(d) Don Pedro's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the juice of the purple flower do to people in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

3. In Much Ado About Nothing, what does Hero do when accused of infidelity?

4. In As You Like it, how does Oliver plan to kill Orlando after his initial plan fails?

5. At the end of As You Like It, whom does the duke's brother meet as he enters the forest to kill him?

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