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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. Which character is not killed by Hamlet?
(a) Polonius.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Laertes.

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

3. What does Iago suspect Emilia of?
(a) Taking his money.
(b) Giving information to Desdemona.
(c) Colluding with Othello.
(d) Seducing Roderigo.

4. In All's Well That Ends Well, what is Helena's father's profession?
(a) Poet.
(b) Courtier.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Physician.

5. Whom does Hamlet accidentally kill in Gertrude's bedchamber?
(a) Polonius.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Gertrude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What good do Romeo and Juliet's deaths bring at the end of the story?

2. What relation is Claudius to Hamlet?

3. In Othello, where does Othello's army travel to defeat the Turks?

4. How does Roderigo assist Iago in his plotting?

5. Why does Pericles have to flee Greece at the beginning of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Romeo banished from Verona?

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

3. Describe Iago's revenge against Othello.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Hamlet dissolute at the beginning of the story?

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