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

2. At the beginning of Macbeth, the title character is than of what township?
(a) Fife.
(b) Cawdor.
(c) Glamis.
(d) Cumberland.

3. How does Lamb describe Hero at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Sultry.
(b) Serious.
(c) Mannish.
(d) Frivolous.

4. Why does Lear wander into a storm at night?
(a) He does not want to live with his daughters.
(b) He has not bathed in days.
(c) He wants to gather an army together.
(d) He is looking for Cordelia.

5. In As You Like It, what is Orlando doing the first time Rosalind sees him?
(a) Singing.
(b) Riding a horse.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Wrestling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wicked queen tell Pisanio the vial of potion she gives him is?

2. What head of state is with Antonio on the ship in The Tempest?

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

4. In King Lear, Edmund is the bastard son of what earl?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are Cordelia and Lear reunited?

4. Why does Macbeth kill Banquo?

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

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

7. How does Prospero find Ariel in The Tempest?

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

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

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

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