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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. How does Romeo kill himself?
(a) He stabs himself in the heart.
(b) He hangs himself.
(c) He drinks poison.
(d) He leaps from a cliff.

2. What does Angelo threaten the disguised Duke with at the end of Measure for Measure?
(a) A fine.
(b) Torture.
(c) Excommunication.
(d) Jailing.

3. What does Petruchio declare he will do if he does not wed Katharine by Sunday?
(a) Pay his competitors a years wages.
(b) Become a friar.
(c) Return his wedding garments.
(d) Leave Padua forever.

4. Who does Orsino marry at the end of Twelfth Night?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Viola.
(d) No one.

5. What keepsake does Iago use to convince Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A sealed letter.
(c) A garland.
(d) A gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. In All's Well That Ends Well, what must Helena do to gain Bertrand's hand in marriage?

2. What self-destructive habit does Timon of Athens have at the beginning of his story?

3. In Pericles, what has decimated Tarsus?

4. How does Othello die?

5. Whose shrine does Helena visit in All's Well That Ends Well?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pericles end up marrying Thaisa?

2. What wager is involved in the final part of Taming of the Shrew?

3. What are the marriages that end Measure for Measure?

4. Why cannot Bianca get married in Taming of the Shrew?

5. What does Timon do with his chest of gold at the end of his story?

6. What happens to Aegeon's lost son and servant in Comedy of Errors?

7. How does Pericles lose Thaisa at sea?

8. How does Helena trick Bertram out of his ring in All's Well That Ends Well?

9. Why is Romeo banished from Verona?

10. Describe Iago's revenge against Othello.

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