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

2. Who does the constable of Messina tell the night watch they are responsible for?

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

4. How are the prisoners in the jail on the morning of Hero's wedding captured?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dogberry tell his men on the night guard to do at the alehouses?

2. What does Claudio think Hero has died of?

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

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

5. Who are the two suspects that Dogberry and Verges must interrogate?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This play takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Shakespeare have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in the story?

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