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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) His army has been called overseas.
(d) A dream has commanded him to do so.

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

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

4. What does Hamlet happen upon when he returns to Elsinore from England?
(a) Laerte's reembarking.
(b) Ophelia's funeral.
(c) Gertrude's remarriage.
(d) Claudius's coronation.

5. Where does Bertram live in Italy?
(a) Florence.
(b) Parma.
(c) Rome.
(d) Venice.

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

7. For how long will the potion given Juliet keep her in a state of apparent death?
(a) Three months.
(b) A month.
(c) 42 hours.
(d) One week.

8. What does Iago suspect Emilia of?
(a) Colluding with Othello.
(b) Taking his money.
(c) Giving information to Desdemona.
(d) Seducing Roderigo.

9. 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.

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

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

12. Which character is not dead at the end of Othello?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Emilia.
(c) Roderigo.
(d) Cassio.

13. Which character is not killed by Hamlet?
(a) Polonius.
(b) Laertes.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Claudius.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pericles do with Thaisa's body after she seems to die?

3. What does Katharine do when Petruchio does not show for their wedding in Taming of the Shrew?

4. In All's Well That Ends Well, which of the following characters does not return to France immediately after Bertrand's marriage in Italy?

5. When does Aegeon's son ask Aegeon if he can search for his twin and mother?

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