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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What request does the ghost of Hamlet's father make?
(a) Do not marry Ophelia.
(b) Take the throne.
(c) Avenge his murder.
(d) Murder the Queen.

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

4. What is Tybalt's connection to Juliet?
(a) They were once lovers.
(b) He is her son.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) She is his daughter.

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

6. What does the jail provost send the Duke in Measure for Measure to ensure Claudio's safety?
(a) A human head.
(b) A jailer's bond.
(c) A key.
(d) A hundred ducats.

7. At the beginning of Comedy of Errors, what does Aegeon offer for his life?
(a) His story.
(b) A large gem.
(c) A song.
(d) Fine meats.

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

9. What is Diana given at the end of All's Well That Ends Well as a reward?
(a) A seat in court.
(b) A husband.
(c) A large gemstone.
(d) A manor in Provence.

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

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

12. What punishment is Claudio facing for seduction in Measure for Measure?
(a) The rack.
(b) Jail time.
(c) Loss of property.
(d) Beheading.

13. What is Sebastian doing the last time Voila sees him in the shipwreck in Twelfth Night?
(a) Huddling in a lifeboat.
(b) Swimming to shore.
(c) Sinking below the waves.
(d) Clinging to the mast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What self-destructive habit does Timon of Athens have at the beginning of his story?

3. What does Iago suspect Emilia of?

4. How does Roderigo assist Iago in his plotting?

5. At the beginning of Taming of the Shrew, Baptista declares that Bianca shall not wed until what?

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