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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Othello and Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does Nerissa fall in love with in Merchant of Venice?
(a) Gratiano.
(b) Bassiano.
(c) Shylock.
(d) Antonio.

2. In Merchant of Venice, why can Antonio not pay his bond to Shylock?
(a) His lands are seized by the state.
(b) His ships sink.
(c) His crops whither.
(d) His father recovers his health.

3. Where does Camillo offer to marry Perdita and Florizel to avoid Leontes' wrath in The Winter's Tale?
(a) Illyria.
(b) Bohemia.
(c) Cyprus.
(d) Sicily.

4. Who does Prospero release from servitude at the end of The Tempest?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Caliban.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Sycorax.

5. With whom is Hermia in love at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Egeus.
(b) Lysander.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Theseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What good do Romeo and Juliet's deaths bring at the end of the story?

2. What does Hermione disguise herself as at the end of The Winter's Tale?

3. At the beginning of Taming of the Shrew, Baptista declares that Bianca shall not wed until what?

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

5. In Cymbeline, why does the King raise Posthumus?

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