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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 literary role does the constable of Messina play in this plot?
(a) Foil.
(b) Comic Relief.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Villain.

2. Why does the constable of Messina tell his night watch to avoid conflict with thieves?
(a) Honest men should never be associated with deceivers.
(b) They should let them go as thieves are not harming anyone.
(c) They should follow thieves to where their loot is hidden.
(d) They should pay attention to more dangerous men.

3. What does Borachio hear has happened to Hero as a result to the plot to dishonor her?
(a) She has died.
(b) She has been rejected by all worthy men in the country.
(c) She has been banished.
(d) She has been disowned by her father.

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

5. What is Benedick doing while talking with Margaret after challenging Claudio to a duel?
(a) Having his beard shaved for Beatrice.
(b) Trying to get evidence of Hero's innocence.
(c) Writing a poem for Beatrice.
(d) Writing a song for Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudio ask Leonato during his wedding ceremony?

2. How often does Claudio promise to read the written statement declaring Hero's innocence?

3. Who arrives to take Hero to the church?

4. What does Margaret make special mention of to Beatrice on the morning of Hero's wedding?

5. What does Don Pedro tell Leonato at the beginning of Act 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Benedick do with the help of Margaret to try and show his love for Beatrice?

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

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

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

5. What does Hero scold Margaret for on the morning of her wedding?

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

7. How do Leonato's unexpected visitors feel about what Leonato asks them to do as he leaves to attend his daughter's wedding?

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

9. What does Balthasar do to mourn Hero's death?

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

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