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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 will Don Pedro wear to accomplish the first part of his plan?
(a) A mask.
(b) Fine Italian leather.
(c) The colors of Italy.
(d) A cape.

2. What is the song sung in the orchard about?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Infidelity.

3. What will the new plan to break up Hero and Claudio do to Hero?
(a) Show her true nature.
(b) Put her in prison.
(c) Break her heart.
(d) Ruin her reputation.

4. How are Hero and Beatrice related?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) Beatrice is Hero's aunt.
(d) Beatrice is an adopted sister to Hero.

5. Why does Beatrice decide to love Benedick after she drops eaves on Hero in the garden?
(a) Out of pity for him.
(b) Out of hope for a good marriage.
(c) She sees Benedick in a new light.
(d) She feels flattered by his feelings for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudio say will always wreck friendship when he is upset with Don Pedro?

2. How does Borachio plan to use Margaret in the new plan to break up Claudio and Hero?

3. How does Leonato feel about Antonio's mistaken idea about Don Pedro?

4. Who is coming to visit Leonato at the beginning of the play?

5. How did Borachio learn of Claudio's love for Hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Borachio plan to ask Margaret after the party at Leonato's house?

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

3. What does Don John offer his men if a new plan to break up Claudio and Hero works?

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

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

6. What do Claudio and Don Pedro talk about while Benedick is eavesdropping on their conversation in the orchard?

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

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

9. How does Beatrice say she knows Benedick's tricks in the first scene?

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

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