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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Julia respond to Valentine's offering of Silvia to Proteus?
(a) She reveals herself.
(b) She cries bitterly.
(c) She faints.
(d) She storms off.

3. In whose clothes is Margaret dressed as part of the devious plot in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Don Pedro's.
(b) Benedick's.
(c) Hero's.
(d) Beatrice's.

4. How does Lamb describe Hero at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Mannish.
(b) Serious.
(c) Frivolous.
(d) Sultry.

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

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

7. Why does the French duke of As You Like It move to Arden?
(a) He elopes with a lowborn love.
(b) He goes mad.
(c) He is banished by his brother.
(d) He wants to return to the land.

8. Why does Antonio agree to the "pound of flesh" condition in Shylock's bond?
(a) He knows no court will honor it.
(b) He does not read the full bond.
(c) He wants to show Shylock he is not afraid.
(d) He assumes it is a jest.

9. How does Valentine meet Silvia in the wood in Two Gentlemen of Verona?
(a) He treats a spider bite for her.
(b) He saves her from bandits.
(c) He pulls her from a trap.
(d) She fights of wolves for her.

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

11. What relative does Lysander plan to flee to with his beloved in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) His sister.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His grandmother.

12. Which of the following characters dies at the end of Cymbeline?
(a) Lucius.
(b) The wicked Queen.
(c) The King.
(d) Iachomo.

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

14. When does Sycorax die in The Tempest?
(a) She didn't die.
(b) The moment Prospero and Mirand arrive at the island.
(c) Before Prospero and Mirand arrive at the island.
(d) Days after Prospero and Mirand arrive at the island.

15. What does Prospero do to Antonio when the two meet at the end of The Tempest?
(a) He kills him.
(b) He forgives him.
(c) He imprisons him in a tree.
(d) He marries him to Miranda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a prophecy the witches make at the beginning of Macbeth?

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

3. In The Tempest, where on the island do Sycorax imprison good spirits?

4. In The Winter's Tale, what is Florizel when he first sees Perdita?

5. What request does Beatrice make of Benedick after Hero's honor is questioned?

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