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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 The Tempest, where on the island do Sycorax imprison good spirits?
(a) In trees.
(b) In the water.
(c) Under the sands.
(d) In clouds.

2. Which of the following characters does not die at the end of King Lear?
(a) Lear.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Albany.

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

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

5. How does Leontes want Polixenes killed at the beginning of The Winter's Tale?
(a) He wants him stabbed.
(b) He wants him poisoned.
(c) He wants him thrown from the battlements.
(d) He wants him set ablaze.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Kent take to follow Lear in disguise?

2. How is Silvia related to the Duke of Milan?

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

4. Why does Macduff not pertain to the prophecy the witches give Macbeth?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Macbeth kill Banquo?

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

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

5. What bad decision does Antonio make regarding borrowing money in Merchant of Venice?

6. Under what circumstances does Lear go mad?

7. Why does Belarius think Imogen is dead in Cymbeline?

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

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

10. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, how does Oberon change the hearts of the Athenian youths?

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