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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 Beatrice compare styles of love to at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Dances.
(c) Storms.
(d) Birds.

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

3. What does Don Pedro say in the orchard that is incredibly surprising to Benedick?
(a) Benedick is to be promoted.
(b) Beatrice is in love with Benedick.
(c) Claudio is to have an inheritance from Don Pedro.
(d) Beatrice has fallen ill.

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

5. Why does Beatrice decide to love Benedick after she drops eaves on Hero in the garden?
(a) She feels flattered by his feelings for her.
(b) Out of hope for a good marriage.
(c) Out of pity for him.
(d) She sees Benedick in a new light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is something that is NOT listed in Benedick's soliloquy about the perfect woman?

2. How did Borachio learn of Claudio's love for Hero?

3. How is Margaret related to Hero?

4. What does Don John tell his men that he wants to rob from the world?

5. Why does Benedick hide when he sees Don Pedro and some other men enter the orchard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. How are Antonio and Leonato related?

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

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

9. What does Leonato urge Beatrice to do after she asks about Benedick in the recent battle?

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

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