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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Othello and Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the wicked queen tell Pisanio the vial of potion she gives him is?
(a) A cordial.
(b) A poison.
(c) A tonic.
(d) A liquour.

2. What keepsake does Iago use to convince Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A sealed letter.
(c) A gown.
(d) A garland.

3. What earl helps the mad Lear escape to France?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) Kent.
(d) Gloucester.

4. What is Sebastian doing the last time Voila sees him in the shipwreck in Twelfth Night?
(a) Huddling in a lifeboat.
(b) Swimming to shore.
(c) Sinking below the waves.
(d) Clinging to the mast.

5. Why does Pericles have to flee Greece at the beginning of the story?
(a) The emperor is threatening his life.
(b) His army has been called overseas.
(c) His wife is in peril.
(d) A dream has commanded him to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Nerissa fall in love with in Merchant of Venice?

2. Why does the French duke of As You Like It move to Arden?

3. Whom does Hamlet accidentally kill in Gertrude's bedchamber?

4. Which character is not killed by Hamlet?

5. What does the King of France suspect Bertrand of in All's Well That Ends Well?

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