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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Katharine do when Petruchio does not show for their wedding in Taming of the Shrew?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Weep.
(c) Faint.
(d) Dance.

4. What false name does Viola take when she enters Orsino's employ in Twelfth Night?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Borachio.
(d) Cesario.

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

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

7. How is Viola's work with Orsino immediately complicated in Twelfth Night?
(a) She discovers that he knows Sebastian.
(b) She falls in love with him.
(c) She learns of his affair with a distant princess.
(d) She accidentally kills his favorite bird.

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

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

10. What catastrophic event befalls Aegeon's return home in his story at the beginning of Comedy of Errors?
(a) A pirate attack.
(b) A volcanic eruption.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A storm.

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

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

13. How does Thaisa seemingly die in Pericles?
(a) She falls from a tower.
(b) She is murdered by Antiochus's assassins.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) She drowns.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Helena plot her deception of Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well?

2. How does Olivia respond to Viola's entreaties of Orsino's behalf in Twelfth Night?

3. What god's temple does Thaisa go to in Ephesus to be a priestess?

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

5. In what fictional kingdom does Twelfth Night take place?

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