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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. How does Thaisa seemingly die in Pericles?
(a) She is murdered by Antiochus's assassins.
(b) She dies in childbirth.
(c) She falls from a tower.
(d) She drowns.

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

3. How does Romeo kill himself?
(a) He leaps from a cliff.
(b) He drinks poison.
(c) He stabs himself in the heart.
(d) He hangs himself.

4. Which of the following character's is killed when Romeo and Tybalt meet in the street?
(a) Friar Lawrence.
(b) Mercutio.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Benvolio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bertram called back to court at the beginning of All's Well That Ends Well?

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

3. Whose death is Olivia mourning at the beginning of Twelfth Night?

4. Who does Orsino marry at the end of Twelfth Night?

5. Which of the following characters is not related to the rest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Romeo and Juliet's meeting and courtship.

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

4. Why is Romeo banished from Verona?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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