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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Juliet's father betroth her to?
(a) Paris.
(b) Benvolio.
(c) Tybalt.
(d) Romeo.

2. In Measure for Measure the law citizens of Vienna are constantly breaking concerns what?
(a) Living with unmarried women.
(b) Brawling in the street.
(c) Drinking on the Sabbath.
(d) Charging interest.

3. What is in the dishes Timon serves his friends?
(a) Stones.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Rotten meat.
(d) Smoke.

4. Why does Pericles have to flee Greece at the beginning of the story?
(a) His wife is in peril.
(b) The emperor is threatening his life.
(c) A dream has commanded him to do so.
(d) His army has been called overseas.

5. What does Pericles do with Thaisa's body after she seems to die?
(a) He tosses it in the sea.
(b) He places it in a mausoleum.
(c) He buries it.
(d) He burns it on a pyre.

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

7. Who wins the wager at the end of the Taming of the Shrew?
(a) Hortensio.
(b) Petruchio.
(c) Lucentio.
(d) Baptista.

8. What self-destructive habit does Timon of Athens have at the beginning of his story?
(a) Drinking to excess.
(b) Wasting money.
(c) Sleeping late.
(d) Womanizing.

9. How does Antipholus of Syracuse attempt to show his appreciation to the duke at the end of Comedy of Errors?
(a) He agrees never to return to Ephesus.
(b) He offers him money.
(c) He offers to marry his daughter.
(d) He offers fealty to Ephesus.

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

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

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

13. How is Viola's work with Orsino immediately complicated in Twelfth Night?
(a) She accidentally kills his favorite bird.
(b) She falls in love with him.
(c) She discovers that he knows Sebastian.
(d) She learns of his affair with a distant princess.

14. How does Thaisa seemingly die in Pericles?
(a) She drowns.
(b) She dies in childbirth.
(c) She falls from a tower.
(d) She is murdered by Antiochus's assassins.

15. What does the fisherman in Comedy of Errors do with Antipholus and Dromio when they arrive in Ephesus?
(a) He puts them to work on his crew.
(b) He adopts them.
(c) He sells them.
(d) He abandons them at a church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is not dead at the end of Othello?

2. What false name does Viola take when she enters Orsino's employ in Twelfth Night?

3. Why is Bertram called back to court at the beginning of All's Well That Ends Well?

4. Who tries to warn Timon of his bad habits?

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

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