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

2. At the beginning of The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes order regarding his new daughter?
(a) She should be left to die in the wilderness.
(b) She should be imprisoned with her mother.
(c) She should be given to Polixenes.
(d) She should remain with him.

3. What good do Romeo and Juliet's deaths bring at the end of the story?
(a) Benvolio marries a Capulet.
(b) The prince declares war at an end.
(c) Tybalt is released from jail.
(d) The families are reconciled.

4. Who is the beggar whose hovel Lear sleeps in during the storm?
(a) Kent.
(b) The fool.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Edgar.

5. What act of fidelity do Julia and Proteus commit when parting ways at the the beginning of Two Gentlemen of Verona?
(a) He takes her portrait.
(b) They exchange rings.
(c) He gives her a lock of his hair.
(d) They pray together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Proteus betray Valentine's love of Silvia to the duke in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

2. Why is Bertram called back to court at the beginning of All's Well That Ends Well?

3. Why do Belarius, Polydore and Cadwal leave Imogen in the woods?

4. Who does Demetrius marry at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

5. How is Laertes killed at the end of Hamlet?

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