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

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

3. For what purpose does Proteus hire the disguised Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona?
(a) As a messenger.
(b) As a smith.
(c) As a courtier.
(d) As a page.

4. In Merchant of Venice, how does Shylock make money as a usurer?
(a) He collects finder's fees.
(b) He charges interest.
(c) He runs a textile-works on the side.
(d) He invests in fishing interests.

5. In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream begin?
(a) Paris.
(b) Athens.
(c) Venice.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Macduff not pertain to the prophecy the witches give Macbeth?

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

3. In King Lear, Edmund is the bastard son of what earl?

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

5. Who is the beggar whose hovel Lear sleeps in during the storm?

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