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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 Don John tell Conrade he will never be able to build with other people?
(a) Respect.
(b) Believability.
(c) Love.
(d) Trust.

2. How are Hero and Beatrice related?
(a) Beatrice is Hero's aunt.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) Beatrice is an adopted sister to Hero.
(d) They are sisters.

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

4. Who wants to marry Hero?
(a) Don John.
(b) Benedick.
(c) Claudio.
(d) Don Pedro.

5. How does Don John stand to benefit from the new plan to break up Claudio and Hero?
(a) Power.
(b) Hero's heart.
(c) Higher ranking.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Pedro ask Balthasar to do while Benedick is hiding in the orchard?

2. Who is well respected for his part in the battle that ended just before the play begins?

3. What will accompany the feast for the evening of the soldier's arrival to Messina?

4. What does Beatrice say that Benedick is an expert at when they first converse in this play?

5. What does Beatrice say she dislikes about most men's physical appearance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Claudio and Don Pedro talk about while Benedick is eavesdropping on their conversation in the orchard?

3. What does Borachio say after the party at Leonato's house that gets Don John very excited?

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

5. What does Claudio say he will do if the news Don John brought him turns out to be true?

6. How are Antonio and Leonato related?

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

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

9. What does Conrade fear might be hurt by Don John's miserable nature?

10. What joke does Leonato make when Don Pedro asks about Hero being his daughter?

(see the answer keys)

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