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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lamb describe Hero at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Sultry.
(b) Serious.
(c) Frivolous.
(d) Mannish.

2. Who has gone to war with Britain in Cymbeline?
(a) Rome.
(b) Ireland.
(c) The Turks.
(d) France.

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

4. At the beginning of The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes order regarding his new daughter?
(a) She should be imprisoned with her mother.
(b) She should remain with him.
(c) She should be given to Polixenes.
(d) She should be left to die in the wilderness.

5. Where do Belarius and her two brothers, Polydore and Cadwal, live?
(a) A ship's hull.
(b) A castle.
(c) A hovel.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Camillo offer to marry Perdita and Florizel to avoid Leontes' wrath in The Winter's Tale?

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

3. At the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing, where are Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick returning from?

4. How do Claudio and Don Pedro indicate to Benedick that Beatrice loves him in Much Ado About Nothing?

5. Why does Bassanio need money at the beginning of Merchant of Venice?

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