View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Margaret make special mention of to Beatrice on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) Benedick's new behavior.
(b) Claudio's fickleness.
(c) Her night with Borachio.
(d) Beatrice's spinster reputation.

2. What does Leonato learn from his visitor on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) Two men have been arrested.
(b) Claudio wants to cancel the wedding.
(c) Hero is ill.
(d) He is needed at the church immediately.

3. How often does Claudio promise to read the written statement declaring Hero's innocence?
(a) Every other year.
(b) Bianually.
(c) Every 5 years.
(d) Yearly.

4. What does Benedick discuss with Margaret after challenging Claudio to a duel?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Hero's innocence.
(c) His love for Beatrice.
(d) Music.

5. Who captured the suspects spoken of by Verges on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) Verges.
(b) Dogberry.
(c) The night watch.
(d) Don Pedro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered Claudio to read his written statement after hearing about Hero's innocence?

2. What do Benedick and Beatrice discuss when Beatrice enters the scene after Benedick's soliloquy?

3. Why does Claudio refuse to fight Leonato at the beginning of Act 5?

4. Where are the suspects spoken of by Vergeson the morning of Hero's wedding being kept?

5. Who is asked to sing a song for Hero's forgiveness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leonato think Claudio means when he first says he does not want to marry Hero during the wedding?

2. Who are the unexpected visitors at Leonato's house on the morning of Hero's wedding?

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

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

5. What does Beatrice tease Hero about just before she heads to the church for her wedding?

6. What does the Friar tell Hero to pretend to do as part of his plan to prove her innocence?

7. What does Claudio think Hero has died of?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 600 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample