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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 good news does Antonio learn after winning his case against Shylock?
(a) His ships are not lost.
(b) He has been promoted to magistrate.
(c) Nerissa accepts his hand in marriage.
(d) His father will not die.

2. Why does Antonio agree to the "pound of flesh" condition in Shylock's bond?
(a) He assumes it is a jest.
(b) He does not read the full bond.
(c) He knows no court will honor it.
(d) He wants to show Shylock he is not afraid.

3. What does Prospero do to Antonio when the two meet at the end of The Tempest?
(a) He kills him.
(b) He marries him to Miranda.
(c) He imprisons him in a tree.
(d) He forgives him.

4. How does Julia respond to Valentine's offering of Silvia to Proteus?
(a) She storms off.
(b) She reveals herself.
(c) She cries bitterly.
(d) She faints.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What false name does Rosalind choose for her flight into Arden?

2. What request does Beatrice make of Benedick after Hero's honor is questioned?

3. Where do Belarius and her two brothers, Polydore and Cadwal, live?

4. How does Lady Macbeth convince her husband to kill Duncan?

5. What wild animal kill Antigones in The Winter's Tale?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Under what circumstances does Lear go mad?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Prospero find Ariel in The Tempest?

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

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

10. In The Winter's Tale, how does Paulita convince the king of Bohemia to let her marry his son?

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