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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who acts as go-between for Othello's wooing of Desdemona?
(a) Iago.
(b) Brabantio.
(c) Roderigo.
(d) Cassio.

3. 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) Benvolio marries a Capulet.
(d) The prince declares war at an end.

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

5. What does Petruchio declare he will do if he does not wed Katharine by Sunday?
(a) Return his wedding garments.
(b) Pay his competitors a years wages.
(c) Leave Padua forever.
(d) Become a friar.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. How does Pericles win the Thaisa's hand in marriage?
(a) He solves a riddle.
(b) He comes to her father's house every day for a year.
(c) He competes in a tournament.
(d) He trades his ship for her.

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

15. 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) Helena.
(b) The widow.
(c) Bertram.
(d) The King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bertram think he is within his rights to propose to Diana in All's Well That Ends Well?

2. What disguise does the Duke maintain while Angelo is in power in Measure for Measure?

3. Who does Olivia marry at the end of Twelfth Night?

4. Whose shrine does Helena visit in All's Well That Ends Well?

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

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