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All's Well That Ends Well

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Act II, Scenes iv-v; Act III, Scenes i-iv

Act III, Scenes v-vii

Act IV, scene i-iii

Act IV, scene iv-v; Act V, scene i-iii

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All's Well That Ends Well

William Shakespeare

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The Countess of Rousillon is Helena's

(A) Sister

(B) Mother

(D) Ruler

Helena's father was a celebrated

(A) General

(B) Doctor

(D) Lawyer

When the play begins, Bertram is about to leave for

(A) Florence

(B) The King's court

(D) Austria

Bertram is accompanied on his journey by

(A) The Clown

(B) Lafew

(D) Parolles

The Countess' Steward overhears Helena saying that

(A) She wishes to become a doctor

(B) She loves Bertram

(D) She wishes to become a soldier

Helena decides to go to Paris in order to

(A) Cure the King's illness

(B) Enter a monastery

(D) Attend her father's funeral

In return for her service, the King of France promises Helena

(A) That she will be made a doctor

(B) That she can have any husband she wishes

(D) That she be made a Countess

Upon marrying Helena, Bertram

(A) Departs without even kissing her goodbye

(B) Promises to remain by her side forever

(D) Consummates the marriage quickly, and then departs

After his marriage, Bertram joins

(A) The clergy

(B) The King of France's army

(D) The Duke of Florence's army

In order to have Bertram as a true husband, Helena must

(A) Wear his ring and bear his child

(B) Save the Countess' life

(D) Sleep with Parolles

Immediately after her marriage, Helena goes to

(A) Marseilles

(B) Florence

(D) Rousillon

In Florence, Bertram attempts to seduce

(A) The Widow

(B) Diana

(D) His wife

Parolles promises that he will recover, from the enemy, a lost

(A) Drum

(B) Battle flag

(D) Castle

Instead, he is taken prisoner by

(A) Bandits

(B) Men from his own army, in disguise

(D) Mercenaries hired by Helena

Bertram and Diana exchange

(A) Kisses

(B) Gold chains

(D) Bracelets

Bertram believes he is sleeping with____, when in fact he is sleeping with ____

(A) Helena; Diana

(B) Diana; the Widow

(D) Diana; Mariana

As he returns to France, Bertram believes that Helena is

(A) In Rousillon

(B) In a monastery

(D) In Paris

When he is exposed as a coward and a fraud, Parolles

(A) Accepts his disgrace philosophically

(B) Kills himself

(D) Plans to kill Helena

Returning to France, Helena is accompanied by ____ and ____.

(A) The Countess; Diana

(B) The Widow; Diana

(D) Parolles; Diana

Trying to reach the King, Helena mistakenly journeys to

(A) Marseilles

(B) Paris

(D) Rousillon

In fact, he has gone to

(A) Paris

(B) Rousillon

(D) The Holy Land

With Helena believed dead, Parolles is engaged to

(A) Diana

(B) The King's daughter

(D) The Duke's daughter

The ring that the King sees in Bertram's hand originally belonged to

(A) Bertram's father

(B) Diana

(D) Lafew

Diana is saved from prison by the emergence of

(A) Helena

(B) The Countess

(D) Parolles

The play ends with Helena and Bertram

(A) Divorced

(B) Dead

(D) Married to other people

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