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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what penalty does Hermia face if she refuses he father's choice of marriage?
(a) Public mockery.
(b) Death.
(c) Life imprisonment.
(d) Forced nunnery.

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

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

6. 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.

7. Where do Belarius and her two brothers, Polydore and Cadwal, live?
(a) A cave.
(b) A castle.
(c) A hovel.
(d) A ship's hull.

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

9. What earl helps the mad Lear escape to France?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Kent.
(c) Burgundy.
(d) Gloucester.

10. What name does Kent take to follow Lear in disguise?
(a) Edwin.
(b) Roderigo.
(c) Crassus.
(d) Caius.

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

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

13. 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 his kingdom is safe.
(c) If his son will be king.
(d) If Polixenes is dead.

14. What wild animal kill Antigones in The Winter's Tale?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A shark.
(d) A bear.

15. What is Edmund's brother's name?
(a) Edwin.
(b) Edward.
(c) Edgar.
(d) George.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose clothes is Margaret dressed as part of the devious plot in Much Ado About Nothing?

2. In The Tempest, what important items does Prospero have that allow him to use magic on the island?

3. In King Lear, Edmund is the bastard son of what earl?

4. Who sends word to Posthumus that Imogen has died?

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

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