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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Claudio tell Benedick he is looking for him after leaving Leonato's presence?
(a) They are readying themselves to leave.
(b) They need some comforting speech from him.
(c) They want to hear his jokes.
(d) They are writing a public denouncement of Hero.

2. What does Margaret help Hero do on the morning of her wedding?
(a) Write her vows.
(b) Calm her nerves.
(c) Choose a gown.
(d) Adorn her hair.

3. Why are the night watch told to put special watch on Leonato's house?
(a) Hero's wedding is the next day.
(b) He is the governor.
(c) He suspects a bad plot will go down there that night.
(d) He is housing royalty at the moment.

4. What does Claudio demand of Hero during their wedding ceremony?
(a) Her love for eternity.
(b) Her undying fidelity.
(c) A written admission of her impurity.
(d) A large sum of money as a dowry.

5. Where does Dogberry plan to take his prisoners after the interrogation is over?
(a) The church.
(b) The jail.
(c) The town square of Messina.
(d) Leonato's house.

6. What has happened to the man who paid Borachio for his part in the plot to dishonor Hero?
(a) He has left town.
(b) He has been arrested.
(c) He has been challenged to a dual.
(d) He is being held at Leonato's house.

7. What do Benedick and Beatrice discuss when Beatrice enters the scene after Benedick's soliloquy?
(a) Hero's innocence.
(b) Benedick's duel with Claudio.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Courtship and marriage.

8. How much money did Borachio receive for his part in the plat to dishonor Hero?
(a) 5,000 ducats.
(b) 500 ducats.
(c) 100, ducats.
(d) 1,000 ducats.

9. What does Hero ask Beatrice about when she comes to help Hero get ready for the wedding?
(a) Her feelings about Benedick.
(b) Her opinion of her dress.
(c) Her advice for marriage.
(d) Her feelings about Claudio.

10. Whom does the main interrogator of Borachio ask to help him?
(a) Dogberry.
(b) The sexton.
(c) Leonato.
(d) Verges.

11. What is the final order given to the night watch from the constable of Messina?
(a) Avoid all forms of alcohol.
(b) Watch for lone women on the road.
(c) Listen for crying children.
(d) Check the locks on all houses.

12. Where are the suspects spoken of by Vergeson the morning of Hero's wedding being kept?
(a) The town square of Messina.
(b) The church.
(c) The jail.
(d) The courthouse.

13. Who captured the suspects spoken of by Verges on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) The night watch.
(b) Dogberry.
(c) Don Pedro.
(d) Verges.

14. Who does Leonato send to do what he is summoned for on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Benedick.
(c) Dogberry.
(d) Don Pedro.

15. What literary role does the constable of Messina play in this plot?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Foil.
(c) Villain.
(d) Comic Relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the constable of Messina tell his night watch to avoid conflict with thieves?

2. Who wakes up Beatrice on the morning of Hero's wedding?

3. What is Claudio's response when asked if he wants to marry Hero during the wedding ceremony?

4. Who announces the time when Hero must go to the church on the morning of her wedding?

5. What does the constable of Messina want his night watch to do at the alehouses?

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