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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through King Lear and Macbeth.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 poisoned.
(d) He wants him thrown from the battlements.

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

4. In Cymbeline, why does the King raise Posthumus?
(a) He brings good luck to the kingdom.
(b) He is the King's favorite fool.
(c) He saved the queen's life.
(d) His father was a royal night.

5. Who is the beggar whose hovel Lear sleeps in during the storm?
(a) Edgar.
(b) The fool.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Kent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lamb describe Hero at the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing?

2. What relative does Lysander plan to flee to with his beloved in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

3. What does the juice of the purple flower do to people in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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

5. What role does Ariel take on the island in The Tempest?

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