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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lear wander into a storm at night?
(a) He has not bathed in days.
(b) He does not want to live with his daughters.
(c) He is looking for Cordelia.
(d) He wants to gather an army together.

2. In whose clothes is Margaret dressed as part of the devious plot in Much Ado About Nothing?
(a) Don Pedro's.
(b) Beatrice's.
(c) Benedick's.
(d) Hero's.

3. How does Valentine meet Silvia in the wood in Two Gentlemen of Verona?
(a) He pulls her from a trap.
(b) He saves her from bandits.
(c) She fights of wolves for her.
(d) He treats a spider bite for her.

4. What does Portia disguise herself as at the end of Merchant of Venice?
(a) A knight.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A queen.
(d) An accountant.

5. In what state does Cordelia's army find the mad Lear?
(a) Raving in a ravine.
(b) Wandering a field.
(c) Swimmin in a filthy brook.
(d) Asleep int he Dover castle.

6. What does Rosalind give Orlando when she first meets him?
(a) Her handkerchief.
(b) A lock of her hair.
(c) Her neck chain.
(d) A book of poems.

7. What is the root of Oberon and Titania's feud in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) Oberon refuses to allow the sun rise.
(b) Titania suspects Oberon of infidelity.
(c) Titania refuses to let the rain fall.
(d) Both want a changeling boy.

8. What two dangerous animals does Orlando save Oliver from in As You Like It?
(a) A bear and a tarantula.
(b) A wolf and a scorpion.
(c) A lion and a snake.
(d) An eagle and a shark.

9. What do Goneril and Regan immediately deny King Lear after he has given up his crown?
(a) His jewels.
(b) His knights.
(c) His lodging.
(d) His fool.

10. How does Julia respond to Valentine's offering of Silvia to Proteus?
(a) She faints.
(b) She cries bitterly.
(c) She storms off.
(d) She reveals herself.

11. In Much Ado About Nothing, what does Hero do when accused of infidelity?
(a) She slaps Don Pedro.
(b) She faints.
(c) She storms out.
(d) She admits to it.

12. What do the robbers in Two Gentlemen of Verona request of Valentine?
(a) That he show them the way out of the wood.
(b) That he give them all his gold.
(c) That he deliver a message to the duke.
(d) That he be their leader.

13. 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) They pray together.
(c) They exchange rings.
(d) He takes her portrait.

14. 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 imprisoned with her mother.
(c) She should be left to die in the wilderness.
(d) She should be given to Polixenes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Beatrice make of Benedick after Hero's honor is questioned?

2. Why do Belarius, Polydore and Cadwal leave Imogen in the woods?

3. When does Sycorax die in The Tempest?

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

5. What is Edmund's brother's name?

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