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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Roderigo assist Iago in his plotting?
(a) He fetches the handkerchief,
(b) He seduces Desdemona.
(c) He bankrolls it.
(d) He kills Brabantio.

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

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

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

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

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

7. In All's Well That Ends Well, which of the following characters does not return to France immediately after Bertrand's marriage in Italy?
(a) The King.
(b) The widow.
(c) Bertram.
(d) Helena.

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

9. What does the King of France suspect Bertrand of in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) Treason.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

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

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

12. Why does Olivia confuse Sebastian and Viola in Twelfth Night?
(a) She has poor eyesight.
(b) They are twins.
(c) She never sees Sebastian's face.
(d) They both pretent to be the same person.

13. Which of the following is Iago's reason for wanting to destroy Othello?
(a) He wants to live in Othello's manor.
(b) He is in love with Desdemona.
(c) He was passed over for a promotion.
(d) He does not think a Moor should be a general.

14. What god's temple does Thaisa go to in Ephesus to be a priestess?
(a) Harmonia.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Diana.
(d) Athena.

15. Why is Marina not killed by Dionysa's servant?
(a) She hides in a chest.
(b) She tosses away by a storm.
(c) The servant poisons himself.
(d) Pirates kidnap her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Othello kill Desdemona?

2. What good do Romeo and Juliet's deaths bring at the end of the story?

3. In All's Well That Ends Well, what is Helena's father's profession?

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

5. Why does Pericles go to Ephesus at the end of the story?

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