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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. At the beginning of The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes order regarding his new daughter?
(a) She should be left to die in the wilderness.
(b) She should remain with him.
(c) She should be imprisoned with her mother.
(d) She should be given to Polixenes.

2. How does Lady Macbeth convince her husband to kill Duncan?
(a) She uses reverse psychology.
(b) She reminds him he will be king.
(c) She calls him a coward.
(d) She threatens to do it herself.

3. At his castles, what appears before Macbeth directing him to Duncan's chamber?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A stream of blood.
(c) A witch.
(d) A black horse.

4. Who constantly torments Caliban at the beginning of The Tempest?
(a) Prospero.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Ferdinand.

5. What does Rosalind give Orlando when she first meets him?
(a) A book of poems.
(b) Her neck chain.
(c) Her handkerchief.
(d) A lock of her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Antonio agree to the "pound of flesh" condition in Shylock's bond?

2. In The Winter's Tale, Polixenes is the king of what kingdom?

3. What role does Ariel take on the island in The Tempest?

4. How does Valentine meet Silvia in the wood in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Prospero find Ariel in The Tempest?

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

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

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

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

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