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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 what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream begin?
(a) Venice.
(b) Paris.
(c) Athens.
(d) London.

2. In Merchant of Venice, how does Shylock make money as a usurer?
(a) He collects finder's fees.
(b) He runs a textile-works on the side.
(c) He invests in fishing interests.
(d) He charges interest.

3. With whom is Hermia in love at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Lysander.
(b) Egeus.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Theseus.

4. How does Leontes want Polixenes killed at the beginning of The Winter's Tale?
(a) He wants him poisoned.
(b) He wants him stabbed.
(c) He wants him set ablaze.
(d) He wants him thrown from the battlements.

5. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what penalty does Hermia face if she refuses he father's choice of marriage?
(a) Public mockery.
(b) Death.
(c) Forced nunnery.
(d) Life imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ghost of which character appears at Macbeth's banquet?

2. What name does Kent take to follow Lear in disguise?

3. What good news does Antonio learn after winning his case against Shylock?

4. How does Julia respond to Valentine's offering of Silvia to Proteus?

5. In The Tempest, where on the island do Sycorax imprison good spirits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the rift in the spirit room at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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

3. How does Lady Macbeth convince Macbeth to kill Duncan?

4. How does Prospero find Ariel in The Tempest?

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

6. How are Orlando and Oliver reconciled in As You Like It?

7. How does Oliver try to kill Orlando in As You Like It?

8. Why does Claudio think Hero is cheating on him in Much Ado About Nothing?

9. How do Antonio and Shylock lend money differently in Merchant of Venice?

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

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