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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 Timon of Athens find while digging in the dirt?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A human skull.
(c) A box of gold.
(d) A magic stone.

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

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

4. What does the jail provost send the Duke in Measure for Measure to ensure Claudio's safety?
(a) A hundred ducats.
(b) A human head.
(c) A key.
(d) A jailer's bond.

5. Which character is not dead at the end of Othello?
(a) Roderigo.
(b) Desdemona.
(c) Cassio.
(d) Emilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Isabel supposed to do the day she pleads to Angelo in Measure for Measure?

2. What does the King of France suspect Bertrand of in All's Well That Ends Well?

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

4. Why does the Duke of Vienna place Angelo in charge at the beginning of Measure for Measure?

5. What does the King of France give Helena her choice of in All's Well That Ends Well?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Romeo and Juliet die?

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

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

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

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

9. Why can Orsino not woo Olivia successfully in Twelfth Night?

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

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