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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first question that the constable of Messina asks his new assistant constable?
(a) If he knows the people of the town.
(b) If he is from Messina.
(c) If he has ever broken the law.
(d) If he can read or right.

2. What does Dogberry think is a worse crime than the plot to dishonor Hero?
(a) Making him work on a holiday.
(b) Not caring about Hero's ruin.
(c) Disrespect towards him.
(d) Crashing a wedding.

3. Who announces the time when Hero must go to the church on the morning of her wedding?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Friar Frances.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Margaret.

4. Whom does Claudio read his written statement to after hearing about Hero's innocence?
(a) Hero's family.
(b) The judge and constable.
(c) The whole town.
(d) His soldiers.

5. What does Conrade call Verges after the sexton leaves the interrogation?
(a) An ass.
(b) A blathering fool.
(c) A knave and a half.
(d) A coxcomb.

6. Where does most of Act 3, Scene 4 take place?
(a) The orchard.
(b) The town square of Messina.
(c) Leonato's Main Hall.
(d) Hero's bedroom.

7. What does Hero say she thinks may happen on the morning of her wedding?
(a) Claudio will not accept her.
(b) She will faint.
(c) Disaster will strike.
(d) She will get pregnant.

8. What does Conrade call Dogberry after the sexton leaves the interrogation?
(a) A coxcomb.
(b) An ass.
(c) A blathering fool.
(d) A knave and a half.

9. What does the constable of Messina tell his night watch to do to the people of Messina who refuse to obey their orders?
(a) Write down their names.
(b) Ask them where they are going.
(c) Let them go free.
(d) Use force to arrest them.

10. Who finally unravels the plot used to dishonor Hero?
(a) The sexton.
(b) Verges.
(c) Dogberry.
(d) Leonato.

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

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

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

14. What does Borachio hear has happened to Hero as a result to the plot to dishonor her?
(a) She has been disowned by her father.
(b) She has died.
(c) She has been banished.
(d) She has been rejected by all worthy men in the country.

15. Who wakes up Beatrice on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) Hero.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Benedick.
(d) Ursula.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is asked to sing a song for Hero's forgiveness?

2. Who offers to help Leonato fight Claudio?

3. What news does Ursula bring Benedick and Beatrice as they are discussing traditional wooing?

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

5. What is Claudio planning to do at his wedding?

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