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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. What does Hamlet happen upon when he returns to Elsinore from England?
(a) Gertrude's remarriage.
(b) Laerte's reembarking.
(c) Claudius's coronation.
(d) Ophelia's funeral.

2. Why does Pericles have to flee Greece at the beginning of the story?
(a) His army has been called overseas.
(b) A dream has commanded him to do so.
(c) The emperor is threatening his life.
(d) His wife is in peril.

3. What does the jail provost send the Duke in Measure for Measure to ensure Claudio's safety?
(a) A jailer's bond.
(b) A key.
(c) A hundred ducats.
(d) A human head.

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

5. What catastrophic event befalls Aegeon's return home in his story at the beginning of Comedy of Errors?
(a) A volcanic eruption.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A storm.
(d) A pirate attack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Comedy of Errors, what does Aegeon offer for his life?

3. What does Pericles do with Thaisa's body after she seems to die?

4. What is Diana given at the end of All's Well That Ends Well as a reward?

5. How is Laertes killed at the end of Hamlet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Romeo and Juliet die?

2. Why does the Duke of Vienna give up power at the beginning of Measure for Measure?

3. How is Angelo corrupted in Measure for Measure?

4. How does Pericles reunite with his daughter and wife at the end of the story?

5. How is the opening of Twelfth Night similar to the story that begins Comedy of Errors?

6. How are both twins married at the end of Twelfth Night?

7. Why is Othello summoned before the Duke of Venice for his marriage?

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

9. How does Helena become betrothed to Bertram in the beginning of All's Well That Ends Well?

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

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