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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 does Angelo threaten the disguised Duke with at the end of Measure for Measure?
(a) A fine.
(b) Torture.
(c) Excommunication.
(d) Jailing.

2. Why are Romeo and Juliet separated after the street duel with Tybalt?
(a) Tybalt vows to keep him form her.
(b) Romeo is injured.
(c) Juliet is digusted with him.
(d) Romeo is banished.

3. How does Roderigo assist Iago in his plotting?
(a) He seduces Desdemona.
(b) He fetches the handkerchief,
(c) He bankrolls it.
(d) He kills Brabantio.

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

5. Who tries to warn Timon of his bad habits?
(a) His servant.
(b) Aries.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Timon of Athens find while digging in the dirt?

2. For how long will the potion given Juliet keep her in a state of apparent death?

3. How is Viola's work with Orsino immediately complicated in Twelfth Night?

4. Which of the following is Iago's reason for wanting to destroy Othello?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Romeo and Juliet die?

2. How does Pericles lose Thaisa at sea?

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

4. Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?

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

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

7. How does Pericles end up marrying Thaisa?

8. Describe Iago's revenge against Othello.

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

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

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