View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bassanio need money at the beginning of Merchant of Venice?
(a) He needs to pay off gambling debts.
(b) He wants to marry a wealthy heiress.
(c) He wants to start a shipping business.
(d) He wants to buy land in the country.

2. What do Orlando and the disguised Rosaline discuss when they meet in Arden?
(a) Justice.
(b) Forest fruits.
(c) Sheepherding.
(d) Love.

3. Where does Camillo offer to marry Perdita and Florizel to avoid Leontes' wrath in The Winter's Tale?
(a) Illyria.
(b) Cyprus.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Bohemia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character does Nerissa fall in love with in Merchant of Venice?

3. Who does Demetrius marry at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

4. What does the juice of the purple flower do to people in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Leontes respond to his new daughter at the beginning of The Winter's Tale?

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

5. How are Cordelia and Lear reunited?

6. Why does Macbeth kill Banquo?

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

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

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

10. Why is Cordelia banished at the beginning of King Lear?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 945 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample