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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Comedy of Errors, how can a merchant from Syracuse avoid death in Ephesus?
(a) Swear fealty to Ephesus.
(b) Marry a local girl.
(c) Reveal a state secret.
(d) Pay a thousand marks.

2. How is Laertes killed at the end of Hamlet?
(a) He drowns in a stream behind the castle.
(b) Hamlet stabs him with a poisoned rapier.
(c) He is stabbed through a tapestry.
(d) Claudius gives him a poisoned goblet of wine.

3. Why does Bertram think he is within his rights to propose to Diana in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) Diana is a former nun.
(b) He thinks Helena has died.
(c) His marriage to Helena was not consumated.
(d) Helena has released him from his bonds.

4. At the beginning of Taming of the Shrew, Baptista declares that Bianca shall not wed until what?
(a) Until she is twenty years of age.
(b) Until Katharine weds.
(c) Until she finishes her schooling.
(d) Until the final judgment.

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

6. Whose shrine does Helena visit in All's Well That Ends Well?
(a) St. Bernadette.
(b) St. Joan.
(c) St. Jacques le Grande.
(d) St. Thomas au Beckett.

7. What good do Romeo and Juliet's deaths bring at the end of the story?
(a) The prince declares war at an end.
(b) Benvolio marries a Capulet.
(c) The families are reconciled.
(d) Tybalt is released from jail.

8. What rank has Cassio recently attained at the beginning of Othello?
(a) Ensign.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

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

10. Where does Romeo meet Juliet after the ball where they meet?
(a) The Verona market.
(b) Friar Lawrence's quarters.
(c) His lodging.
(d) Her window.

11. Why does the Duke of Vienna place Angelo in charge at the beginning of Measure for Measure?
(a) He is pulling an elaborate prank.
(b) He owes Angelo a favor.
(c) He fears he will become unpopular.
(d) He wants the people to fear him.

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

13. Why does Olivia confuse Sebastian and Viola in Twelfth Night?
(a) They both pretent to be the same person.
(b) She has poor eyesight.
(c) She never sees Sebastian's face.
(d) They are twins.

14. What catastrophic event befalls Aegeon's return home in his story at the beginning of Comedy of Errors?
(a) A storm.
(b) A volcanic eruption.
(c) A pirate attack.
(d) An earthquake.

15. What does Angelo threaten the disguised Duke with at the end of Measure for Measure?
(a) Jailing.
(b) Torture.
(c) Excommunication.
(d) A fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Othello kill Desdemona?

2. Who wins the wager at the end of the Taming of the Shrew?

3. Which of the following is Iago's reason for wanting to destroy Othello?

4. Who does Olivia marry at the end of Twelfth Night?

5. What does Pericles do with Thaisa's body after she seems to die?

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