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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pericles go to Ephesus at the end of the story?
(a) He hears that his wife is alive.
(b) A dream tells him to.
(c) He wants to see it before he dies.
(d) His army is needed there.

2. Whose shrine does Helena visit in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) St. Jacques le Grande.
(b) St. Thomas au Beckett.
(c) St. Joan.
(d) St. Bernadette.

3. Whom does Hamlet accidentally kill in Gertrude's bedchamber?
(a) Polonius.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Claudius.

4. In Othello, where does Othello's army travel to defeat the Turks?
(a) Castille.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Cyprus.

5. In Taming of the Shrew, why does Petruchio say Katharine should not eat on their wedding night?
(a) It is Petruchio's family tradition to starve the bride.
(b) The food much be poisonned.
(c) She is putting on too much weight.
(d) The food is not good enough for her.

6. In All's Well That Ends Well, what must Helena do to gain Bertrand's hand in marriage?
(a) Guess his true name.
(b) Take his ring.
(c) Find his brother's grave.
(d) Save his mother.

7. Which of the following character's is killed when Romeo and Tybalt meet in the street?
(a) Benvolio.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Mercutio.
(d) Friar Lawrence.

8. Who fails to tell Romeo that Juliet is not actually dead?
(a) Lord Montague.
(b) Benvolio.
(c) The Nurse.
(d) Friar Lawrence.

9. What is Isabel supposed to do the day she pleads to Angelo in Measure for Measure?
(a) Enter a convent.
(b) Leave for Venice.
(c) Bury her father.
(d) Get married.

10. What does Angelo threaten the disguised Duke with at the end of Measure for Measure?
(a) A fine.
(b) Excommunication.
(c) Torture.
(d) Jailing.

11. How does Othello kill Desdemona?
(a) He stabs her.
(b) He throws he from a battlement.
(c) He sets fire to her bedchamber.
(d) He smothers her.

12. Whose death is Olivia mourning at the beginning of Twelfth Night?
(a) St. Stephen's.
(b) Her father's.
(c) Her brother's.
(d) Her maid's.

13. What does Petruchio declare he will do if he does not wed Katharine by Sunday?
(a) Become a friar.
(b) Pay his competitors a years wages.
(c) Return his wedding garments.
(d) Leave Padua forever.

14. In Timon of Athens, the titular character invites his friends to a what?
(a) Feast.
(b) Wedding.
(c) War.
(d) Execution.

15. At the beginning of Taming of the Shrew, Baptista declares that Bianca shall not wed until what?
(a) Until Katharine weds.
(b) Until she is twenty years of age.
(c) Until she finishes her schooling.
(d) Until the final judgment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What service does Helena do the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well?

2. Which character is not killed by Hamlet?

3. How long does Aegeon search for his wife and other son before coming to Ephesus?

4. In Comedy of Errors, where do the twins of Syracuse seek shelter in Ephesus?

5. What does the King of France give Helena her choice of in All's Well That Ends Well?

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