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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disguise does the Duke maintain while Angelo is in power in Measure for Measure?
(a) Minstrel.
(b) Friar.
(c) Jailer.
(d) Beggar.

2. Which of the following characters is not related to the rest?
(a) Polonius.
(b) Laertes.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Gertrude.

3. Why does the Duke of Vienna place Angelo in charge at the beginning of Measure for Measure?
(a) He is pulling an elaborate prank.
(b) He wants the people to fear him.
(c) He fears he will become unpopular.
(d) He owes Angelo a favor.

4. Who does Bertrand marry at the end of All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) The widow.
(b) No one.
(c) Diana.
(d) Helena.

5. On her second visit to Olivia in Twelfth Night, Viola protests that she will never love a what?
(a) Illyrian.
(b) Scoundrel.
(c) Fool.
(d) Woman.

6. What service does Helena do the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) She brings him his favorite sweet.
(b) She cures his illness.
(c) She saves his son from a scorpion.
(d) She reuniteds him with his estranged daughter.

7. How does Romeo kill himself?
(a) He stabs himself in the heart.
(b) He hangs himself.
(c) He drinks poison.
(d) He leaps from a cliff.

8. When does Aegeon's son ask Aegeon if he can search for his twin and mother?
(a) When they arrive at Ephesus.
(b) When he turns 18.
(c) When they emerge from the storm.
(d) When he is about to be married.

9. How is Laertes killed at the end of Hamlet?
(a) Claudius gives him a poisoned goblet of wine.
(b) He is stabbed through a tapestry.
(c) Hamlet stabs him with a poisoned rapier.
(d) He drowns in a stream behind the castle.

10. Why are Romeo and Juliet separated after the street duel with Tybalt?
(a) Romeo is banished.
(b) Tybalt vows to keep him form her.
(c) Juliet is digusted with him.
(d) Romeo is injured.

11. How long does Aegeon search for his wife and other son before coming to Ephesus?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 10 months.

12. How does Olivia respond to Viola's entreaties of Orsino's behalf in Twelfth Night?
(a) She slaps Viola several times.
(b) She pays Viola never to return.
(c) She falls in love with Viola.
(d) She submits wo Orsino's entreaties.

13. What good do Romeo and Juliet's deaths bring at the end of the story?
(a) The families are reconciled.
(b) Benvolio marries a Capulet.
(c) Tybalt is released from jail.
(d) The prince declares war at an end.

14. Where does Timon go to live after he abandons humanity?
(a) The woods.
(b) Asia.
(c) A remote island.
(d) The desert.

15. Who does Orsino marry at the end of Twelfth Night?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) No one.
(c) Viola.
(d) Olivia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pericles have to flee Greece at the beginning of the story?

2. What is Mariana's connection to Angelo in Measure for Measure?

3. What happens to Timon when he asks his friends for money?

4. How does Othello die?

5. Why does Olivia confuse Sebastian and Viola in Twelfth Night?

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