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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kept Beatrice awake all night the night before Hero's wedding?
(a) Thoughts of Benedick.
(b) Nervousness for Hero.
(c) A wounded animal outside her window.
(d) The noisy night-guard.

2. Why does Margaret infer that Beatrice may be thinking of getting married herself on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) She feels the need to prove her uncle wrong about her character.
(b) She sees how happy Hero is.
(c) She has loving feelings for Benedick.
(d) She realized she is getting older.

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

4. Where does the beginning of Act 4 take place?
(a) The orchard.
(b) The jail.
(c) Leonato's house.
(d) The church.

5. How often does Claudio promise to read the written statement declaring Hero's innocence?
(a) Every 5 years.
(b) Every other year.
(c) Yearly.
(d) Bianually.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conrade call Verges after the sexton leaves the interrogation?

2. What literary role does the constable of Messina play in this plot?

3. What does Claudio demand of Hero during their wedding ceremony?

4. Where are the suspects spoken of by Vergeson the morning of Hero's wedding being kept?

5. What is Benedick doing while talking with Margaret after challenging Claudio to a duel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who or what does Margaret praise on the morning of Hero's wedding?

2. What does Dogberry tell his men on the night guard to do at the alehouses?

3. How does Claudio learn about Hero's innocence?

4. What does Hero say she thinks may happen during her wedding?

5. What is the final order that Dogberry gives his night watch before retiring to bed?

6. Who steps up to give witness to the scandalous statement that Claudio makes about Hero at his wedding?

7. What does Beatrice tease Hero about just before she heads to the church for her wedding?

8. What happens to the main instigator of the plan that got the two suspects in the jail arrested?

9. What question does Dogberry ask Seacoal when choosing him for his night guard?

10. What do the unexpected visitors to Leonato's house need from him on the morning of Hero's wedding?

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