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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. Where does most of Act 3, Scene 4 take place?
(a) The orchard.
(b) Hero's bedroom.
(c) Leonato's Main Hall.
(d) The town square of Messina.

2. Who is asked to sing a song for Hero's forgiveness?
(a) Benedick.
(b) Claudio.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Balthasar.

3. Who is under arrest in the jail on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) Benedick and Don John.
(b) Borachio and Conrade.
(c) Don John and Borachio.
(d) Claudio and Benedick.

4. Whom does Claudio read his written statement to after hearing about Hero's innocence?
(a) The judge and constable.
(b) Hero's family.
(c) His soldiers.
(d) The whole town.

5. Who does Leonato send to do what he is summoned for on the morning of Hero's wedding?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Don Pedro.
(c) Benedick.
(d) Dogberry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the beginning of Act 4 take place?

2. What does the constable of Messina tell his night watch to do to the people of Messina who refuse to obey their orders?

3. What does Hero chide Margaret for on the morning of her wedding?

4. What do Benedick and Beatrice discuss when Beatrice enters the scene after Benedick's soliloquy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the main instigator of the plan that got the two suspects in the jail arrested?

2. How does Claudio learn about Hero's innocence?

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

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

5. What does Dogberry tell the night watch to do if they see anything of note during the night?

6. What is the final order that Dogberry gives his night watch before retiring to bed?

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

8. What does Claudio think Hero has died of?

9. Who or what does Margaret praise on the morning of Hero's wedding?

10. Who steps up to give witness to the scandalous statement that Claudio makes about Hero at his wedding?

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