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Question 1 of 5 Which of the following are comic characters in Shakespeare?

Falstaff, Touchstone, Feste
Feather, Cade, Pistol
Cloten, Caliban, Angelo
All of the above

Question 2 of 5 Which of the following is described or featured in Shakespeare's plays?

A severed head handed to a woman
Cutting out a tongue
Children baked into a pie
All of the above

Question 3 of 5 Which Shakespeare heroine did NOT dress in mens apparel?

Beatrice
Viola
Rosalind
Portia

Question 4 of 5 What characters in Shakespeare are known for their malapropisms?

Bardolph and Nym
Hagseed and Mustard
Dogberry and Elbow
None of the above

Question 5 of 5 Three Shakespeare plays, which are commonly labeled "problem plays", are?

Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, King John
Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet
The Tempest, King Lear, Winter\'s Tale
Measure for Measure, All\'s Well That Ends Well, Troilus and Cressida

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