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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Bertram called back to court at the beginning of All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) His father has died.
(b) He is betrothed to the duke's daughter.
(c) The nation is at war.
(d) He must plead for his cousin's life.

3. In what fictional kingdom does Twelfth Night take place?
(a) Ephesus.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Nirvana.
(d) Illyria.

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

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

6. At the beginning of Taming of the Shrew, Baptista declares that Bianca shall not wed until what?
(a) Until Katharine weds.
(b) Until she finishes her schooling.
(c) Until she is twenty years of age.
(d) Until the final judgment.

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

8. Whose shrine does Helena visit in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) St. Joan.
(b) St. Thomas au Beckett.
(c) St. Bernadette.
(d) St. Jacques le Grande.

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

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

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

12. Who tries to warn Timon of his bad habits?
(a) His servant.
(b) Aries.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

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

14. In Othello, where does Othello's army travel to defeat the Turks?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Castille.

15. In Timon of Athens, the titular character invites his friends to a what?
(a) War.
(b) Wedding.
(c) Execution.
(d) Feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Roderigo assist Iago in his plotting?

2. Why does the Duke of Vienna place Angelo in charge at the beginning of Measure for Measure?

3. In All's Well That Ends Well, what must Helena do to gain Bertrand's hand in marriage?

4. What does the fisherman in Comedy of Errors do with Antipholus and Dromio when they arrive in Ephesus?

5. What catastrophic event befalls Aegeon's return home in his story at the beginning of Comedy of Errors?

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