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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through King Lear and Macbeth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, who tips Demetrius off to Lysander's plan to flee the city?
(a) Hermia.
(b) Hippolyta.
(c) Helena.
(d) Egeus.

2. What name does Kent take to follow Lear in disguise?
(a) Caius.
(b) Crassus.
(c) Roderigo.
(d) Edwin.

3. In The Winter's Tale, Polixenes is the king of what kingdom?
(a) Persia.
(b) Illyria.
(c) Bohemia.
(d) Atlantis.

4. What good news does Antonio learn after winning his case against Shylock?
(a) His father will not die.
(b) Nerissa accepts his hand in marriage.
(c) His ships are not lost.
(d) He has been promoted to magistrate.

5. Where does Iachomo tell Pisanio to kill Imogen in Cymbeline?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Southhampton.
(d) Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes want his counselors to ask the oracle at Delphos?

2. In The Tempest, where on the island do Sycorax imprison good spirits?

3. What does Prospero do to Antonio when the two meet at the end of The Tempest?

4. Why does Lear wander into a storm at night?

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

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