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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. Why does Bertram think he is within his rights to propose to Diana in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) His marriage to Helena was not consumated.
(b) He thinks Helena has died.
(c) Diana is a former nun.
(d) Helena has released him from his bonds.

2. What does Katharine do when Petruchio does not show for their wedding in Taming of the Shrew?
(a) Weep.
(b) Dance.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Faint.

3. What is Sebastian doing the last time Voila sees him in the shipwreck in Twelfth Night?
(a) Huddling in a lifeboat.
(b) Clinging to the mast.
(c) Sinking below the waves.
(d) Swimming to shore.

4. How does Antipholus of Syracuse attempt to show his appreciation to the duke at the end of Comedy of Errors?
(a) He offers fealty to Ephesus.
(b) He offers to marry his daughter.
(c) He agrees never to return to Ephesus.
(d) He offers him money.

5. What does the King of France suspect Bertrand of in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Romeo gain entrance to the Capulets' ball?

2. Who helps Helena plot her deception of Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well?

3. Whom does Hamlet accidentally kill in Gertrude's bedchamber?

4. What punishment is Claudio facing for seduction in Measure for Measure?

5. On her second visit to Olivia in Twelfth Night, Viola protests that she will never love a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Iago's revenge against Othello.

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

3. How does Pericles lose Thaisa at sea?

4. What is the state of affairs between Ephesus and Syracuse in Comedy of Errors?

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

6. In Pericles, how does Marina become a slave?

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

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

9. How did Aegeon's family come together and get separated in a matter of days?

10. Why is Romeo banished from Verona?

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