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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. Where are the suspects spoken of by Vergeson the morning of Hero's wedding being kept?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) The jail.
(c) The town square of Messina.
(d) The church.

2. What do Benedick and Beatrice discuss when Beatrice enters the scene after Benedick's soliloquy?
(a) Hero's innocence.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Courtship and marriage.
(d) Benedick's duel with Claudio.

3. Where does Dogberry plan to take his prisoners after the interrogation is over?
(a) The town square of Messina.
(b) The jail.
(c) The church.
(d) Leonato's house.

4. Who does Benedick think is trying to besmirch Hero's reputation?
(a) Don John.
(b) Don Pedro.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Claudio.

5. What kept Beatrice awake all night the night before Hero's wedding?
(a) A wounded animal outside her window.
(b) Nervousness for Hero.
(c) Thoughts of Benedick.
(d) The noisy night-guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonato learn from his visitor on the morning of Hero's wedding?

2. What does Margaret help Hero do on the morning of her wedding?

3. What is Leonato summoned to do just before he leaves to Hero's wedding?

4. Who is the main interrogator of Borachio?

5. Where does Leonato go when his visitor on the morning of Hero's wedding leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the two suspects that Dogberry and Verges must interrogate?

2. What question does Dogberry ask Seacoal when choosing him for his night guard?

3. What does Claudio think Hero has died of?

4. What does one of the arrested men call Dogberry and Verges after their interrogation is complete?

5. What is the final order that Dogberry gives his night watch before retiring to bed?

6. Why does Beatrice say that she and Benedick cannot use the traditional form of wooing?

7. What happens to the main instigator of the plan that got the two suspects in the jail arrested?

8. What does Claudio promise to do to make recompense for his terrible mistake about Hero's innocence?

9. Who steps up to give witness to the scandalous statement that Claudio makes about Hero at his wedding?

10. How does Claudio learn about Hero's innocence?

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