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

2. What does Antonio admonish Hero to do at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Accept Don Pedro's advances.
(b) Marry Claudio.
(c) Not follow Beatrice's example.
(d) Be herself.

3. What does Ursula say Beatrice would do if she knew that Benedick loved her?
(a) Run away.
(b) Fool him.
(c) Torment him.
(d) Give in to him.

4. Who does Beatrice specifically ask the messenger about after his news of the war?
(a) Leonato.
(b) Balthasar.
(c) Benedick.
(d) Claudio.

5. How does Benedick speak to Beatrice when they meet in the orchard?
(a) He is overly kind.
(b) He is coarse and rude to her.
(c) He mimics everything she says to him.
(d) He says very little.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claudio more afraid of than death?

2. What shocking news does the surprise visitor bring to the men conversing in the garden?

3. What does Claudio say will always wreck friendship when he is upset with Don Pedro?

4. Where did Antonio get this mistaken view of Don Pedro?

5. When will the new plan to break up Claudio and Hero take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Don John offer his men if a new plan to break up Claudio and Hero works?

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

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

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

8. What advice does Beatrice give Hero about accepting Don Pedro's supposed advances?

9. What does Benedick say about Hero when Claudio tells him that he has fallen in love with her?

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

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