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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 disguise does the Duke maintain while Angelo is in power in Measure for Measure?
(a) Beggar.
(b) Minstrel.
(c) Jailer.
(d) Friar.

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

3. What is Tybalt's connection to Juliet?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) She is his daughter.
(c) They were once lovers.
(d) He is her son.

4. What good do Romeo and Juliet's deaths bring at the end of the story?
(a) Benvolio marries a Capulet.
(b) The prince declares war at an end.
(c) Tybalt is released from jail.
(d) The families are reconciled.

5. Whose death is Olivia mourning at the beginning of Twelfth Night?
(a) Her brother's.
(b) Her father's.
(c) St. Stephen's.
(d) Her maid's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the dishes Timon serves his friends?

2. How does Thaisa seemingly die in Pericles?

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

4. What request does the ghost of Hamlet's father make?

5. Which character is not dead at the end of Othello?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Pericles lose Thaisa at sea?

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

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

7. What challenge does Bertram make to Helena in All's Well That Ends Well?

8. How is Angelo corrupted in Measure for Measure?

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

10. How does Petruchio tame Katharine on their wedding day?

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