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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 does Hero tell Ursula that Beatrice does with her short temper?
(a) Invite disdain.
(b) Improve her standing with Benedick.
(c) Destroy her chances with men.
(d) Inflate her ego.

2. What does Don Pedro ask Balthasar to do while Benedick is hiding in the orchard?
(a) Sing a song.
(b) Look for Benedick.
(c) Send a message to Hero.
(d) Bring Leonato to him at once.

3. What does Don Pedro say that Beatrice may die of while in the Orchard with Claudio?
(a) Yellow Fever.
(b) Unrequited love.
(c) Poison.
(d) An infection.

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

5. How does Borachio plan to use Margaret in the new plan to break up Claudio and Hero?
(a) He will ask her to impersonate Hero.
(b) He will ask her for inside information about Hero.
(c) He will make love to her and tell Claudio it is Hero.
(d) He will give Hero some poison to give Hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hero say she will ensnare Beatrice in with her trickery about Benedick?

2. What is Claudio more afraid of than death?

3. What does Beatrice say to Benedick when she sees him in the orchard?

4. What does Ursula say Beatrice would do if she knew that Benedick loved her?

5. What does the messenger tell Beatrice that he would never want to be after hearing her view of Benedick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Don John say is the cure for his ill humor?

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

5. What does Leonato warn Beatrice will keep her from ever finding a husband?

6. What does Borachio plan to ask Margaret after the party at Leonato's house?

7. What is Benedick's excuse for his odd behavior when he meets with Leonato in the garden?

8. What does Beatrice vow to do after Hero and Ursula leave after their conversation in the orchard?

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

10. What do Ursula and Hero plan to talk about when they know Beatrice is listening?

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