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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 good news does Antonio learn after winning his case against Shylock?
(a) His father will not die.
(b) His ships are not lost.
(c) Nerissa accepts his hand in marriage.
(d) He has been promoted to magistrate.

2. Who is the second human Miranda meets in The Tempest?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Alonzo.

3. What does Hermione disguise herself as at the end of The Winter's Tale?
(a) A man.
(b) A maidservant.
(c) A bear.
(d) A statue.

4. Whom does Celia fall in love with in As You Like It?
(a) The duke.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Adam.

5. What act of fidelity do Julia and Proteus commit when parting ways at the the beginning of Two Gentlemen of Verona?
(a) He gives her a lock of his hair.
(b) He takes her portrait.
(c) They pray together.
(d) They exchange rings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters dies at the end of Cymbeline?

2. In As You Like It, what is Orlando doing the first time Rosalind sees him?

3. At the beginning of The Winter's Tale, what does Leontes order regarding his new daughter?

4. What is the root of Oberon and Titania's feud in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

5. What false name does Rosalind choose for her flight into Arden?

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