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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 do Claudio and Don Pedro indicate to Benedick that Beatrice loves him in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) They let him overhear a conversation.
(b) They show him Beatrice's journal.
(c) They tell him outright.
(d) They leave a note for him to find.

2. Lying to his father in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus says his letter from Julia is from whom?
(a) Silvia.
(b) The duke of Milan.
(c) Himself.
(d) Valetine.

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

4. How does Leontes want Polixenes killed at the beginning of The Winter's Tale?
(a) He wants him set ablaze.
(b) He wants him stabbed.
(c) He wants him thrown from the battlements.
(d) He wants him poisoned.

5. In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream begin?
(a) Venice.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Proteus hire the disguised Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona?

2. Who has gone to war with Britain in Cymbeline?

3. At the end of As You Like It, whom does the duke's brother meet as he enters the forest to kill him?

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

5. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, who tips Demetrius off to Lysander's plan to flee the city?

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