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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Comedy of Errors, what does Aegeon offer for his life?
(a) A large gem.
(b) His story.
(c) Fine meats.
(d) A song.

2. How does Othello die?
(a) He perishes in a fire.
(b) He falls on his sword.
(c) Iago kills him.
(d) He is executed by the Venetian state.

3. In Timon of Athens, the titular character invites his friends to a what?
(a) Wedding.
(b) War.
(c) Feast.
(d) Execution.

4. What does Timon of Athens find while digging in the dirt?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A magic stone.
(c) A human skull.
(d) A box of gold.

5. What does Hamlet happen upon when he returns to Elsinore from England?
(a) Ophelia's funeral.
(b) Laerte's reembarking.
(c) Gertrude's remarriage.
(d) Claudius's coronation.

6. What does Iago suspect Emilia of?
(a) Taking his money.
(b) Colluding with Othello.
(c) Giving information to Desdemona.
(d) Seducing Roderigo.

7. What does the King of France give Helena her choice of in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Manor houses.
(c) Husband.
(d) Orchid.

8. How does Thaisa seemingly die in Pericles?
(a) She is murdered by Antiochus's assassins.
(b) She drowns.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) She falls from a tower.

9. Who does Juliet's father betroth her to?
(a) Benvolio.
(b) Tybalt.
(c) Paris.
(d) Romeo.

10. How is Viola's work with Orsino immediately complicated in Twelfth Night?
(a) She learns of his affair with a distant princess.
(b) She falls in love with him.
(c) She discovers that he knows Sebastian.
(d) She accidentally kills his favorite bird.

11. What false name does Viola take when she enters Orsino's employ in Twelfth Night?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Borachio.
(d) Cesario.

12. Who does Bertrand marry at the end of All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) The widow.
(b) No one.
(c) Helena.
(d) Diana.

13. In Pericles, what has decimated Tarsus?
(a) A pestilence.
(b) A famine.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A wildfire.

14. What does Petruchio declare he will do if he does not wed Katharine by Sunday?
(a) Leave Padua forever.
(b) Become a friar.
(c) Pay his competitors a years wages.
(d) Return his wedding garments.

15. Who tries to warn Timon of his bad habits?
(a) His servant.
(b) Aries.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the second set of twins in Comedy of Errors come under Aegeon's care?

2. How is Laertes killed at the end of Hamlet?

3. Who does Orsino marry at the end of Twelfth Night?

4. In Comedy of Errors, how can a merchant from Syracuse avoid death in Ephesus?

5. Why is Bertram called back to court at the beginning of All's Well That Ends Well?

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