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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. How often does Claudio promise to read the written statement declaring Hero's innocence?

2. What news makes Leonato think that the rumor against his daughter is true?

3. What does Beatrice ask of Benedick when they are alone in the church after Hero's wedding?

4. Who finally unravels the plot used to dishonor Hero?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Beatrice tease Hero about just before she heads to the church for her wedding?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Beatrice say that she and Benedick cannot use the traditional form of wooing?

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

10. What does Claudio think Hero has died of?

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

Choosing sides is a theme presented in this play. What are some of the examples of this theme appearing, and how does it affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this play, and how do those moments affect the course of the plot?

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