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

2. What two dangerous animals does Orlando save Oliver from in As You Like It?
(a) A lion and a snake.
(b) A bear and a tarantula.
(c) An eagle and a shark.
(d) A wolf and a scorpion.

3. What false name does Rosalind choose for her flight into Arden?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Creon.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Ganymede.

4. What earl helps the mad Lear escape to France?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Kent.

5. What does Portia disguise herself as at the end of Merchant of Venice?
(a) A queen.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. At his castles, what appears before Macbeth directing him to Duncan's chamber?

2. In Cymbeline, why does the King raise Posthumus?

3. Lying to his father in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus says his letter from Julia is from whom?

4. Who has gone to war with Britain in Cymbeline?

5. What does Rosalind give Orlando when she first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Proteus betray his friend Valentine in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

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

3. How are Cordelia and Lear reunited?

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

5. How does Portia save Antonio's life in Merchant of Venice?

6. What is the problem among the young lovers at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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

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

9. Under what circumstances does Lear go mad?

10. How is Paulita saved from death at a young age in The Winter's Tale?

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