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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 literary role does the constable of Messina play in this plot?
(a) Comic Relief.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Villain.
(d) Foil.

2. What does Hero say she thinks may happen on the morning of her wedding?
(a) Disaster will strike.
(b) She will faint.
(c) Claudio will not accept her.
(d) She will get pregnant.

3. What does Benedick lament about himself while he waits for Beatrice to appear?
(a) He is not worthy of Beatrice.
(b) He must choose between his friend and his love.
(c) He does not have her love yet.
(d) He is not gifted with words.

4. Whom does the main interrogator of Borachio ask to help him?
(a) Verges.
(b) Leonato.
(c) Dogberry.
(d) The sexton.

5. What does the constable tell the night watch to do if they must sleep?
(a) Not get their spears stolen.
(b) Take turns.
(c) Not snore.
(d) Find a replacement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main interrogator of Borachio?

2. What is the name of the constable of Messina?

3. Why does Claudio refuse to fight Leonato at the beginning of Act 5?

4. Who does Benedick think is trying to besmirch Hero's reputation?

5. What does the constable of Messina want his night watch to do at the alehouses?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Leonato think Claudio means when he first says he does not want to marry Hero during the wedding?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What question does Claudio ask Leonato during his wedding to Hero?

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

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