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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom is Hermia in love at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Demetrius.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Egeus.
(d) Lysander.

3. What do Goneril and Regan immediately deny King Lear after he has given up his crown?
(a) His fool.
(b) His jewels.
(c) His knights.
(d) His lodging.

4. At the beginning of Macbeth, the title character is than of what township?
(a) Cawdor.
(b) Glamis.
(c) Fife.
(d) Cumberland.

5. In As You Like it, how does Oliver plan to kill Orlando after his initial plan fails?
(a) He will throw him from his horse.
(b) He will stab him at the church.
(c) He will poison his brandywine.
(d) He will burn him in his bed.

6. What head of state is with Antonio on the ship in The Tempest?
(a) The king of Naples.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The prince-regent of England.
(d) A duke of Milan.

7. Why does Bassanio need money at the beginning of Merchant of Venice?
(a) He needs to pay off gambling debts.
(b) He wants to start a shipping business.
(c) He wants to marry a wealthy heiress.
(d) He wants to buy land in the country.

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

9. Lying to his father in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus says his letter from Julia is from whom?
(a) Himself.
(b) Silvia.
(c) The duke of Milan.
(d) Valetine.

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

11. At the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing, where are Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick returning from?
(a) A night of drinking.
(b) A diplomatic summit.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A war.

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

13. How does Antonio expect to be able to pay Shylock at the beginning of Merchant of Venice?
(a) He can draw from his savings.
(b) His father is about to die.
(c) He has ships coming in.
(d) He will harvest his olives early.

14. At his castles, what appears before Macbeth directing him to Duncan's chamber?
(a) A black horse.
(b) A witch.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A stream of blood.

15. 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 leave a note for him to find.
(c) They tell him outright.
(d) They let him overhear a conversation.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the wicked queen tell Pisanio the vial of potion she gives him is?

4. In The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes want his counselors to ask the oracle at Delphos?

5. At the beginning of The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes order regarding his new daughter?

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