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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 imprisoned with her mother.
(b) She should be left to die in the wilderness.
(c) She should be given to Polixenes.
(d) She should remain with him.

2. In whose clothes is Margaret dressed as part of the devious plot in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Hero's.
(b) Don Pedro's.
(c) Beatrice's.
(d) Benedick's.

3. How do Claudio and Don Pedro indicate to Benedick that Beatrice loves him in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) They tell him outright.
(b) They leave a note for him to find.
(c) They let him overhear a conversation.
(d) They show him Beatrice's journal.

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

5. Who does Demetrius marry at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Hermia.
(b) Hippolyta.
(c) Helena.
(d) Titania.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream begin?

2. Why do Belarius, Polydore and Cadwal leave Imogen in the woods?

3. At the end of As You Like It, whom does the duke's brother meet as he enters the forest to kill him?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Prospero find Ariel in The Tempest?

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

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

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

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