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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 the Duke of Vienna place Angelo in charge at the beginning of Measure for Measure?
(a) He owes Angelo a favor.
(b) He is pulling an elaborate prank.
(c) He fears he will become unpopular.
(d) He wants the people to fear him.

2. What is Isabel supposed to do the day she pleads to Angelo in Measure for Measure?
(a) Bury her father.
(b) Enter a convent.
(c) Get married.
(d) Leave for Venice.

3. What false name does Viola take when she enters Orsino's employ in Twelfth Night?
(a) Claudio.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Borachio.
(d) Cesario.

4. In Timon of Athens, the titular character invites his friends to a what?
(a) Wedding.
(b) Execution.
(c) War.
(d) Feast.

5. Why is Marina not killed by Dionysa's servant?
(a) Pirates kidnap her.
(b) She hides in a chest.
(c) She tosses away by a storm.
(d) The servant poisons himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bertram think he is within his rights to propose to Diana in All's Well That Ends Well?

2. What is Sebastian doing the last time Voila sees him in the shipwreck in Twelfth Night?

3. What catastrophic event befalls Aegeon's return home in his story at the beginning of Comedy of Errors?

4. Why have Romeo and Juliet never met before the ball?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Timon of Athens lose faith in mankind?

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

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

4. What plot does Claudius concoct to be rid of Hamlet at the end of the story?

5. Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?

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

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

8. How does Pericles end up marrying Thaisa?

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

10. Why is Romeo banished from Verona?

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