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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. Who is the beggar whose hovel Lear sleeps in during the storm?
(a) Kent.
(b) Edgar.
(c) The fool.
(d) Cordelia.
2. At the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing, where are Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick returning from?
(a) A diplomatic summit.
(b) A night of drinking.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A war.
3. Who is the second human Miranda meets in The Tempest?
(a) Alonzo.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Ferdinand.
4. Which of the following characters does not die at the end of King Lear?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Albany.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.
5. What act of fidelity do Julia and Proteus commit when parting ways at the the beginning of Two Gentlemen of Verona?
(a) They exchange rings.
(b) They pray together.
(c) He gives her a lock of his hair.
(d) He takes her portrait.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the French duke of As You Like It move to Arden?
2. In Merchant of Venice, why can Antonio not pay his bond to Shylock?
3. In whose clothes is Margaret dressed as part of the devious plot in Much Ado About Nothing?
4. At the end of As You Like It, whom does the duke's brother meet as he enters the forest to kill him?
5. Why does Antonio agree to the "pound of flesh" condition in Shylock's bond?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Don Pedro's attitude to Beatrice and Benedick at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?
2. What is the problem among the young lovers at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
3. Why is Cordelia banished at the beginning of King Lear?
4. What bad decision does Antonio make regarding borrowing money in Merchant of Venice?
5. In The Tempest, how does Prospero bring his enemies to the island?
6. How is Paulita saved from death at a young age in The Winter's Tale?
7. How does Oliver try to kill Orlando in As You Like It?
8. Why is Posthumus banished at the beginning of Cymbeline?
9. What is the rift in the spirit room at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
10. How does Prospero find Ariel in The Tempest?
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