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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claudio say is Benedick's reason for seeming more serious than usual?
(a) He is in love.
(b) He has a toothache.
(c) He has a head ache.
(d) He is terribly weary.

2. Who will Don Pedro speak to during the second part of his plan to help Claudio?
(a) Hero.
(b) Leonato.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Benedick.

3. What does Benedick plan to do as Don Pedro and the other men leave the orchard?
(a) Inform Claudio of his pending inheritance.
(b) Marry Beatrice.
(c) Fetch a doctor for Beatrice.
(d) Serve his duty more fully.

4. Where did Antonio get this mistaken view of Don Pedro?
(a) Don Pedro's servant.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Don John.
(d) His servant.

5. Why does Conrade think Don John should build trust with his brother?
(a) It will bring him happiness.
(b) He may get a higher rank.
(c) He needs his brother's approval.
(d) It will be easier to deceive him later.

6. What does Claudio say will always wreck friendship when he is upset with Don Pedro?
(a) Time
(b) Promises.
(c) Passion.
(d) Disloyalty.

7. What does everybody wear to the ball at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Fabrics of red.
(b) Masks.
(c) Capes.
(d) Flowers.

8. Who does Don John say taught him to be so disagreeable?
(a) His father.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Himself.
(d) His brother.

9. Who does Hero say has asked her to tell Beatrice of Benedick's love for her while Beatrice eavesdrops?
(a) Leonato.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Benedick.
(d) Don Pedro.

10. What does Beatrice compare styles of love to at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Storms.
(c) Dances.
(d) Birds.

11. Why does Benedick hide when he sees Don Pedro and some other men enter the orchard?
(a) He knows Don Pedro is upset with him.
(b) He is supposed to be working somewhere else right then.
(c) He is afraid they will ask him to help with something.
(d) He wants to eaves drop on their conversation.

12. What does Leonato ask Antonio to do after they have spoken about the mistaken idea of Don Pedro?
(a) Write a message to Don Pedro.
(b) Tell Hero.
(c) Keep it a secret.
(d) Get some real evidence.

13. What is the first question that Conrade asks Don John when they first appear on the stage together?
(a) Why he is in a bad mood.
(b) Whether or not he likes his new quarters.
(c) When he plans to return to his own home.
(d) What he plans to do.

14. What does Benedick ask his servant to retrieve for him when he is walking in the orchard?
(a) A book.
(b) His hat.
(c) A pen and some paper.
(d) His pipe.

15. Why does Benedick say he will no longer be cruel to Beatrice as he has in the past after overhearing the conversation between Don Pedro and Claudio?
(a) He wants to make amends with the future relative of a prince.
(b) He feels pity for her unrequited love.
(c) He feels guilty now that she is ill.
(d) He plans to woo her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the compliments that Hero gives Benedick while Beatrice is eavesdropping?

2. How did Borachio learn of Claudio's love for Hero?

3. Why does Leonato react the way he does to Antonio's mistaken idea about Don Pedro?

4. Who comes up with a new plan to destroy Hero and Claudio after they are engaged?

5. Who is coming to visit Leonato at the beginning of the play?

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