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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what state does Cordelia's army find the mad Lear?
(a) Swimmin in a filthy brook.
(b) Raving in a ravine.
(c) Asleep int he Dover castle.
(d) Wandering a field.

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

5. Which character does Nerissa fall in love with in Merchant of Venice?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Bassiano.
(c) Gratiano.
(d) Shylock.

6. Who marries Cordelia at the beginning of King Lear?
(a) The King of France.
(b) The King of Padua.
(c) The King of Milan.
(d) The King of Spain.

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

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

9. What two dangerous animals does Orlando save Oliver from in As You Like It?
(a) An eagle and a shark.
(b) A lion and a snake.
(c) A bear and a tarantula.
(d) A wolf and a scorpion.

10. Who is the second human Miranda meets in The Tempest?
(a) Alonzo.
(b) Prospero.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Ferdinand.

11. What good news does Antonio learn after winning his case against Shylock?
(a) Nerissa accepts his hand in marriage.
(b) His ships are not lost.
(c) His father will not die.
(d) He has been promoted to magistrate.

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

13. Who does Demetrius marry at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Titania.
(c) Hermia.
(d) Helena.

14. In Merchant of Venice, how does Shylock make money as a usurer?
(a) He charges interest.
(b) He collects finder's fees.
(c) He runs a textile-works on the side.
(d) He invests in fishing interests.

15. Which of the following characters does not die at the end of King Lear?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Albany.
(c) Lear.
(d) Edmund.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Silvia related to the Duke of Milan?

2. With whom is Hermia in love at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

3. Why does Antonio agree to the "pound of flesh" condition in Shylock's bond?

4. Who does Prospero release from servitude at the end of The Tempest?

5. What does Prospero do to Antonio when the two meet at the end of The Tempest?

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