A Journey Through Shakespearean Comedies

Literature · 10 questions

A ten-question quiz on characters and plot points in Shakespeare's comedies.

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1. In Twelfth Night, what name does Viola use when she enters Orsino's service?

   1. Cesario
   2. Feste
   3. Sebastian
   4. Malvolio
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   A) Cesario

2. In As You Like It, what name does Rosalind use in her male disguise?

   1. Amiens
   2. Orlando
   3. Ganymede
   4. Silvius
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   C) Ganymede

3. In Much Ado About Nothing, which character is expected to marry Claudio?

   1. Beatrice
   2. Margaret
   3. Hero
   4. Ursula
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   C) Hero

4. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what kind of being is Puck, who serves Oberon?

   1. Court attendant
   2. Fairy queen
   3. Athenian noble
   4. Mischievous fairy
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   D) Mischievous fairy

5. In The Merchant of Venice, whose will requires Portia's suitors to pass a test?

   1. Bassanio's father
   2. Antonio's father
   3. Shylock's father
   4. Portia's father
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   D) Portia's father

6. In The Taming of the Shrew, who is Baptista's elder daughter?

   1. Grumio
   2. Gremio
   3. Katherina
   4. Lucentio
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   C) Katherina

7. In The Comedy of Errors, who serves Antipholus of Ephesus?

   1. Dromio of Syracuse
   2. Dromio of Ephesus
   3. Antipholus of Syracuse
   4. Antipholus of Ephesus
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   B) Dromio of Ephesus

8. In Measure for Measure, to whom does Duke Vincentio entrust Vienna's government?

   1. Claudio
   2. Angelo
   3. Lucio
   4. Escalus
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   B) Angelo

9. In The Merry Wives of Windsor, what does Falstaff send to the wives of Ford and Page?

   1. Identical love letters
   2. Identical dueling challenges
   3. Identical promissory notes
   4. Identical marriage contracts
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   A) Identical love letters

10. In The Two Gentlemen of Verona, for whom does Proteus abandon his affection for Julia?

    1. Silvia
    2. Lance
    3. Lucetta
    4. Julia
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    A) Silvia