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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. What do Benedick and Beatrice discuss when Beatrice enters the scene after Benedick's soliloquy?
2. What does Benedick discuss with Margaret after challenging Claudio to a duel?
3. What news makes Leonato think that the rumor against his daughter is true?
4. What do Beatrice and Margaret tease Hero about on the morning of her wedding?
5. What is the first question that the constable of Messina asks his new assistant constable?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are the two suspects that Dogberry and Verges must interrogate?
2. Who or what does Margaret praise on the morning of Hero's wedding?
3. What question does Dogberry ask Seacoal when choosing him for his night guard?
4. What does Balthasar do to mourn Hero's death?
5. What does Hero scold Margaret for on the morning of her wedding?
6. What does Claudio think Hero has died of?
7. What does Leonato tell his unexpected visitors to do as he leaves to attend his daughter's wedding?
8. What does Beatrice tease Hero about just before she heads to the church for her wedding?
9. What is the final order that Dogberry gives his night watch before retiring to bed?
10. Who is the main instigator of the plan that got the two suspects in the jail arrested?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?
Essay Topic 2
Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?
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