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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In As You Like It, what is Orlando doing the first time Rosalind sees him?
(a) Wrestling.
(b) Riding a horse.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Singing.

4. 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 leave Messina.
(d) That he marry her.

5. At the beginning of King Lear, Cordelia says she loves her father to what extent?
(a) As much as her life.
(b) As much as her duty says.
(c) As much as a ll the world combined.
(d) As much as she loves her husband.

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

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

8. For what purpose does Proteus hire the disguised Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona?
(a) As a courtier.
(b) As a smith.
(c) As a page.
(d) As a messenger.

9. Who sends word to Posthumus that Imogen has died?
(a) Pisanio.
(b) Iachomo.
(c) Belarius.
(d) The queen.

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

11. What item does Iachomo want to gain from Posthumus when they meet in Cymbeline?
(a) His hat.
(b) His prayerbook.
(c) His sack of gold.
(d) His ring.

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

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

14. Why is King Lear dividing up his kingdom?
(a) She hates being king.
(b) He wants to give his daughters a gift.
(c) He wants to leave England.
(d) He is old and tired.

15. In King Lear, Edmund is the bastard son of what earl?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Kent.
(c) Albany.
(d) Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Sycorax die in The Tempest?

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

3. Where does Camillo offer to marry Perdita and Florizel to avoid Leontes' wrath in The Winter's Tale?

4. Why does the French duke of As You Like It move to Arden?

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

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