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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 is the first question that Conrade asks Don John when they first appear on the stage together?
(a) What he plans to do.
(b) When he plans to return to his own home.
(c) Why he is in a bad mood.
(d) Whether or not he likes his new quarters.

2. What does Leonato joke about when Don Pedro arrives on the stage for the first time?
(a) A soldier's loneliness.
(b) Spain's bull fights.
(c) His title of a Prince.
(d) Hero's parentage.

3. Who will Don Pedro speak to during the second part of his plan to help Claudio?
(a) Leonato.
(b) Hero.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Benedick.

4. What do Borachio and Don John discuss after hearing about Hero's match with Claudio?
(a) Their jealousy of their happiness.
(b) Their failure.
(c) Their plan to flee the area.
(d) Their disgust of love.

5. What does Beatrice compare styles of love to at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Birds.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Dances.
(d) Storms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonato ask Antonio to do after they have spoken about the mistaken idea of Don Pedro?

2. Which of the following characters is NOT present at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2?

3. What does Don John tell Conrade he will never be able to build with other people?

4. What does Don John want to punish Claudio for?

5. Whom does Hero choose to help her in convincing Beatrice that Benedick loves her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beatrice vow to do after Hero and Ursula leave after their conversation in the orchard?

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

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

4. What does Leonato urge Beatrice to do after she asks about Benedick in the recent battle?

5. What does Benedick say about Hero when Claudio tells him that he has fallen in love with her?

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

7. What does Don John say is the cure for his ill humor?

8. Where does Antonio get his mistaken news about who will be pursuing Hero as a love interest?

9. Who does Antonio think intends to pursue Hero as a love interest?

10. Why do Hero and Ursula want Beatrice to hear the lies they are going to tell when they know Beatrice is listening?

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