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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 surprise visitor enters the garden while the men are all talking about the changes in Benedick's appearance?
(a) Leonato.
(b) Conrade.
(c) Don John.
(d) Borachio.

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

3. What does Don John tell his men that he wants to rob from the world?
(a) Power and esteem.
(b) Money and riches.
(c) Hope and faith.
(d) Love and happiness.

4. What does Hero say she will ensnare Beatrice in with her trickery about Benedick?
(a) A trap of flattery.
(b) A cage of narcissism.
(c) A snare of hope.
(d) A net of love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Beatrice specifically ask the messenger about after his news of the war?

2. What does Benedick tell Beatrice she has when they first converse together in this play?

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

4. What does Conrade tell Don John to avoid showing in his appearance?

5. Why does Conrade think Don John should build trust with his brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Leonato say about Benedick when he meets Benedick in the garden?

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

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