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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Merchant of Venice, why can Antonio not pay his bond to Shylock?
(a) His crops whither.
(b) His lands are seized by the state.
(c) His father recovers his health.
(d) His ships sink.

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

4. What does Portia disguise herself as at the end of Merchant of Venice?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A queen.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A knight.

5. Who concocts the scheme to marry Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Don Pedro.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Leonato.
(d) Hero.

6. How do Claudio and Don Pedro indicate to Benedick that Beatrice loves him in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) They show him Beatrice's journal.
(b) They tell him outright.
(c) They let him overhear a conversation.
(d) They leave a note for him to find.

7. How is Silvia related to the Duke of Milan?
(a) She is his sister.
(b) She is his aunt.
(c) She is his wife.
(d) She is his daughter.

8. Whom does Celia fall in love with in As You Like It?
(a) Oliver.
(b) The duke.
(c) Adam.
(d) Orlando.

9. In The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes want his counselors to ask the oracle at Delphos?
(a) If his wife is faithful.
(b) If Polixenes is dead.
(c) If his son will be king.
(d) If his kingdom is safe.

10. Who does Prospero release from servitude at the end of The Tempest?
(a) Caliban.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Sycorax.
(d) Ariel.

11. Who constantly torments Caliban at the beginning of The Tempest?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Ferdinand.

12. What is the root of Oberon and Titania's feud in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Oberon refuses to allow the sun rise.
(b) Titania refuses to let the rain fall.
(c) Both want a changeling boy.
(d) Titania suspects Oberon of infidelity.

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

14. What do Orlando and the disguised Rosaline discuss when they meet in Arden?
(a) Love.
(b) Sheepherding.
(c) Justice.
(d) Forest fruits.

15. What news does the wicked Queen tell the King at the beginning of Cymbeline?
(a) Posthumus attempted to ravish her.
(b) Imogen and Posthumus are married.
(c) Imogen is not his true daughter.
(d) There is a poisoner in the court.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Valentine meet Silvia in the wood in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

2. What does Rosalind give Orlando when she first meets him?

3. How does Leontes want Polixenes killed at the beginning of The Winter's Tale?

4. What two dangerous animals does Orlando save Oliver from in As You Like It?

5. At the end of Much Ado About Nothing, Hero pretends to be her own what?

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