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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. How are Antonio and Leonato related?
(a) Leonato is Antonio's uncle.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are close friends.

2. What does Don John want to punish Claudio for?
(a) Being happy.
(b) Gaining more approval from Don Pedro than himself.
(c) Pursuing the girl he had set his eyes on.
(d) Being a better soldier than himself.

3. Which of these is something that is NOT listed in Benedick's soliloquy about the perfect woman?
(a) Talent.
(b) Wit.
(c) Money.
(d) Connections.

4. What shocking news does the surprise visitor bring to the men conversing in the garden?
(a) Leonato is in danger.
(b) Hero has been unfaithful.
(c) Beatrice is in love.
(d) Margaret is betraying Hero.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leonato feel about Antonio's mistaken idea about Don Pedro?

2. What is the song sung in the orchard about?

3. Why does Beatrice vow to change after Hero leaves the garden?

4. What do Don Pedro and Claudio agree on after commenting about the change in Benedick's appearance?

5. What does Claudio vow to do if the shocking news brought to the garden is proven true?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Don John so eager to punish Claudio in particular?

2. What does Benedick say a woman has to have in order to induce him to marry her?

3. Who proposes marriage to Beatrice during the feast?

4. How does Beatrice say she knows Benedick's tricks in the first scene?

5. What does Don John say his real goal in life is?

6. What does Hero say Beatrice uses to destroy every man who is interested in her?

7. Why do Hero and Ursula want Beatrice to hear the lies they are going to tell when they know Beatrice is listening?

8. What does Beatrice say would make up the perfect man?

9. What does Benedick think about while his servant is fetching his book?

10. What do Don John and his two men discuss just after the engagement of Hero and Claudio is announced?

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