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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. Which of the following characters does not die at the end of King Lear?
(a) Albany.
(b) Lear.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Cordelia.

2. Which of the following is not a prophecy the witches make at the beginning of Macbeth?
(a) Macbeth will be king.
(b) Macbeth will be the thane of Cawdor.
(c) Banquo's children will be kings.
(d) Banquo will be killed.

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

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

5. What does Hermione disguise herself as at the end of The Winter's Tale?
(a) A bear.
(b) A maidservant.
(c) A man.
(d) A statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who marries Cordelia at the beginning of King Lear?

2. What false name does Rosalind choose for her flight into Arden?

3. Who does Prospero release from servitude at the end of The Tempest?

4. Which of the following characters dies at the end of Cymbeline?

5. Who is the second human Miranda meets in The Tempest?

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