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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Pedro ask Balthasar to do while Benedick is hiding in the orchard?

2. What does Leonato joke about when Don Pedro arrives on the stage for the first time?

3. How is Margaret related to Hero?

4. What does Antonio admonish Hero to do at the beginning of Act 2?

5. Why does Beatrice say she will not go to hell for not marrying like the Bible says?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don John say his real goal in life is?

2. What does Leonato warn Beatrice will keep her from ever finding a husband?

3. How are Antonio and Leonato related?

4. Why do Don Pedro and Claudio continue to talk when they know that Benedick is listening to them?

5. What does Benedick think about while his servant is fetching his book?

6. What news does Don John bring to Claudio and Don Pedro in the garden after they play their trick on Benedick?

7. What does Leonato say about Benedick when he meets Benedick in the garden?

8. What does Beatrice say would make up the perfect man?

9. What does Benedick say a woman has to have in order to induce him to marry her?

10. What does Conrade fear might be hurt by Don John's miserable nature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Margaret is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What might happen differently if Margaret wasn't in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

How does Benedick's relationship with Beatrice change over the course of the plot? What causes these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the play?

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