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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Much Ado About Nothing, what does Hero do when accused of infidelity?
(a) She slaps Don Pedro.
(b) She storms out.
(c) She admits to it.
(d) She faints.

2. Which character does Nerissa fall in love with in Merchant of Venice?
(a) Bassiano.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Gratiano.
(d) Shylock.

3. In what state does Cordelia's army find the mad Lear?
(a) Swimmin in a filthy brook.
(b) Raving in a ravine.
(c) Asleep int he Dover castle.
(d) Wandering a field.

4. What is Edmund's brother's name?
(a) Edward.
(b) Edgar.
(c) George.
(d) Edwin.

5. Whom does Celia fall in love with in As You Like It?
(a) Orlando.
(b) The duke.
(c) Adam.
(d) Oliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the beggar whose hovel Lear sleeps in during the storm?

2. How is Silvia related to the Duke of Milan?

3. What relative does Lysander plan to flee to with his beloved in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

4. In Merchant of Venice, how does Shylock make money as a usurer?

5. In The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes want his counselors to ask the oracle at Delphos?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Posthumus return to Britain at the end of Cymbeline?

2. How does Prospero find Ariel in The Tempest?

3. Why does Kent have to disguise himself to follow King Lear?

4. How does Valentine becomes the leader of bandits in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

5. How are Hero and Claudio reunited at the end of Much Ado About Nothing?

6. What is Don Pedro's attitude to Beatrice and Benedick at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?

7. Who does Valentine offer Silvia to Proteus at the end of Two Gentlemen of Verona?

8. Describe the interaction between Prospero and his enemies on the island at the end of The Tempest.

9. At the end of As You Like It, what happy news arrives concerning the banished duke?

10. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, how does Oberon change the hearts of the Athenian youths?

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