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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through All's Well That Ends Well and The Taming of the Shrew.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Iachomo want to gain from Posthumus when they meet in Cymbeline?
(a) His sack of gold.
(b) His ring.
(c) His prayerbook.
(d) His hat.

2. What do Orlando and the disguised Rosaline discuss when they meet in Arden?
(a) Forest fruits.
(b) Justice.
(c) Love.
(d) Sheepherding.

3. In Taming of the Shrew, why does Petruchio say Katharine should not eat on their wedding night?
(a) It is Petruchio's family tradition to starve the bride.
(b) The food is not good enough for her.
(c) The food much be poisonned.
(d) She is putting on too much weight.

4. Who marries Cordelia at the beginning of King Lear?
(a) The King of Padua.
(b) The King of France.
(c) The King of Spain.
(d) The King of Milan.

5. What do the robbers in Two Gentlemen of Verona request of Valentine?
(a) That he be their leader.
(b) That he show them the way out of the wood.
(c) That he give them all his gold.
(d) That he deliver a message to the duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Winter's Tale, Polixenes is the king of what kingdom?

2. What act of fidelity do Julia and Proteus commit when parting ways at the the beginning of Two Gentlemen of Verona?

3. Where do Belarius and her two brothers, Polydore and Cadwal, live?

4. What does the wicked queen tell Pisanio the vial of potion she gives him is?

5. What service does Helena do the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well?

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