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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. Whom does Hamlet accidentally kill in Gertrude's bedchamber?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Polonius.

2. What does Hamlet happen upon when he returns to Elsinore from England?
(a) Ophelia's funeral.
(b) Gertrude's remarriage.
(c) Laerte's reembarking.
(d) Claudius's coronation.

3. What request does Beatrice make of Benedick after Hero's honor is questioned?
(a) That he prove Hero's innocence.
(b) That he kill Claudio.
(c) That he marry her.
(d) That he leave Messina.

4. What non-medial condition kills Mamillius in The Winter's Tale?
(a) Joy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Grief.

5. What catastrophic event befalls Aegeon's return home in his story at the beginning of Comedy of Errors?
(a) A storm.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A volcanic eruption.
(d) A pirate attack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing, where are Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick returning from?

3. Who has gone to war with Britain in Cymbeline?

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

5. At his castles, what appears before Macbeth directing him to Duncan's chamber?

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