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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 Don Pedro tell Leonato at the beginning of Act 5?
(a) He is a good father.
(b) He regrets that their friendship must now end.
(c) He is right to feel so protective of his daughter.
(d) He is wrong to believe Hero's innocence.

2. How much money did Borachio receive for his part in the plat to dishonor Hero?
(a) 1,000 ducats.
(b) 5,000 ducats.
(c) 100, ducats.
(d) 500 ducats.

3. Who announces the time when Hero must go to the church on the morning of her wedding?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Friar Frances.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Beatrice.

4. What does Benedick lament about himself while he waits for Beatrice to appear?
(a) He is not worthy of Beatrice.
(b) He is not gifted with words.
(c) He does not have her love yet.
(d) He must choose between his friend and his love.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main interrogator of Borachio?

2. What has happened to the man who paid Borachio for his part in the plot to dishonor Hero?

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

4. What does Hero ask Beatrice about when she comes to help Hero get ready for the wedding?

5. What is Claudio planning to do at his wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Claudio think Hero has died of?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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