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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 Romeo gain entrance to the Capulets' ball?
(a) He sneaks through a window protage.
(b) He stays in the outer courtyard.
(c) He claims to be a distant cousin.
(d) He is masked.

2. Who helps Helena plot her deception of Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) The pope.
(b) Diana's mother.
(c) The Duke's daughter.
(d) Bertram's sister.

3. What is in the dishes Timon serves his friends?
(a) Rotten meat.
(b) Stones.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who does Orsino marry at the end of Twelfth Night?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Viola.
(c) No one.
(d) Olivia.

5. Whose shrine does Helena visit in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) St. Jacques le Grande.
(b) St. Thomas au Beckett.
(c) St. Joan.
(d) St. Bernadette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tybalt's connection to Juliet?

2. Where does Timon go to live after he abandons humanity?

3. What keepsake does Iago use to convince Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful?

4. In Comedy of Errors, how can a merchant from Syracuse avoid death in Ephesus?

5. What relation is Claudius to Hamlet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Viola, in disguise, goes to Olivia on Orsino's behalf?

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

6. How does Pericles lose Thaisa at sea?

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

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

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

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

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