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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 the constable tell the night watch to do with vagrants?
(a) Write down their names.
(b) Let them go free.
(c) Arrest them.
(d) Ask them where they are going.

2. How are the prisoners in the jail on the morning of Hero's wedding captured?
(a) They are betrayed by one of their accomplices.
(b) They are caught red-handed.
(c) The night watch overhears them talking about their crime.
(d) They turn themselves in.

3. What do Beatrice and Margaret tease Hero about on the morning of her wedding?
(a) Being sad.
(b) Her wedding night.
(c) Her youth.
(d) Being nervous.

4. What does the constable of Messina want his night watch to do at the alehouses?
(a) Force the owners to close it.
(b) Get him a drink.
(c) Ask the owner which of the patrons need extra attention.
(d) Send the drunks home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Ursula bring Benedick and Beatrice as they are discussing traditional wooing?

2. What is the name of the constable of Messina?

3. Why does Margaret infer that Beatrice may be thinking of getting married herself on the morning of Hero's wedding?

4. Who offers to help Leonato fight Claudio?

5. How much money did Borachio receive for his part in the plat to dishonor Hero?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the unexpected visitors to Leonato's house need from him on the morning of Hero's wedding?

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

5. What question does Claudio ask Leonato during his wedding to Hero?

6. Who is the main instigator of the plan that got the two suspects in the jail arrested?

7. What does Dogberry tell the night watch to do if they see anything of note during the night?

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

9. What does Leonato tell his unexpected visitors to do as he leaves to attend his daughter's wedding?

10. What does Hero say she thinks may happen during her wedding?

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