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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 arrange for when Antonio leaves after conversing about Don Pedro?
(a) A parade.
(b) A dance.
(c) A Public hearing.
(d) A feast.

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

3. What does everybody wear to the ball at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Masks.
(c) Capes.
(d) Fabrics of red.

4. When will the new plan to break up Claudio and Hero take place?
(a) The night before their wedding.
(b) The night after their wedding.
(c) The very next day.
(d) The day of the wedding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Pedro say about Claudio's reason for Benedick being more serious than usual?

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

3. What does Leonato ask Antonio to do after they have spoken about the mistaken idea of Don Pedro?

4. How are Antonio and Leonato related?

5. Who does Don John say taught him to be so disagreeable?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Antonio get his mistaken news about who will be pursuing Hero as a love interest?

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

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

4. How does Leonato feel about the prospect of his daughter being wooed when he hears the reports from Antonio?

5. What news does Don John bring to Claudio and Don Pedro in the garden after they play their trick on Benedick?

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

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

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

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

10. Who proposes marriage to Beatrice during the feast?

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