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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. Why does the Duke of Vienna place Angelo in charge at the beginning of Measure for Measure?
(a) He owes Angelo a favor.
(b) He is pulling an elaborate prank.
(c) He wants the people to fear him.
(d) He fears he will become unpopular.

2. What rank has Cassio recently attained at the beginning of Othello?
(a) Ensign.
(b) Captain.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) General.

3. In Timon of Athens, the titular character invites his friends to a what?
(a) Execution.
(b) War.
(c) Wedding.
(d) Feast.

4. What does Pericles do with Thaisa's body after she seems to die?
(a) He burns it on a pyre.
(b) He places it in a mausoleum.
(c) He tosses it in the sea.
(d) He buries it.

5. What service does Helena do the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) She reuniteds him with his estranged daughter.
(b) She cures his illness.
(c) She brings him his favorite sweet.
(d) She saves his son from a scorpion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What false name does Viola take when she enters Orsino's employ in Twelfth Night?

2. How does Roderigo assist Iago in his plotting?

3. What god's temple does Thaisa go to in Ephesus to be a priestess?

4. How long does Aegeon search for his wife and other son before coming to Ephesus?

5. What does Angelo threaten the disguised Duke with at the end of Measure for Measure?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Angelo corrupted in Measure for Measure?

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

4. Why is Romeo banished from Verona?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?

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