Q.1
"You have among you killed a sweet and innocent lady. For my lord Lackbeard there, he and I shall meet, and till then, peace be with him." What does Benedick imply by his use of the term "Lackbeard" for Claudio?
  • Claudio is vain
  • Claudio is immature
  • Claudio is not very intelligent
  • All of the above
Q.2
"But for my will, my will is your good will / May stand with ours this day to be conjoined / In the state of holy matrimony." What does "will" mean here?
  • Intention
  • Desire
  • Intention, desire, and blessing
  • The document disposing of a person's property after death
Q.3
"Now, divine air! Now is his soul ravished. Is it not strange that sheep's guts should hale souls out of men's bodies?" Benedick contrasts the unlikely material from which musical strings are made (sheep's guts) with which of the following?
  • The awkwardness of "men's bodies"
  • The discomfort of the soul
  • The freshness of the air
  • The divine sound of music
Q.4
In which of the following lines does a play on words remark on deceptive appearances?
  • "If I have known her, / You will say she did embrace me as a husband"
  • "What man was he talked with you yesternight / Out of your window betwixt twelve and one?"
  • "But fare thee well, most foul, most fair, farewell / Thou pure impiety and impious purity"
  • "For thee I'll lock up all the gates of love"
Q.5
"God restore you to health. I humbly give you leave to depart, and if a merry meeting may be wished, God prohibit it." What does Dogberry actually mean to say?
  • He asks permission to leave and hopes that God will allow another meeting if Leonato desires
  • He dismisses Leonato and hopes that he never has to see him again
  • He asks permission to leave and hopes he never has to see Leonato again
  • He dismisses Leonato for now, but hopes to see him again soon
Q.6
HERO: O, my father, Prove you that any man with me conversed At hours unmeet, or that I yesternight Maintained the change of words with any creature, Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death. How does Hero suggest Leonato "prove" her?
  • Through the calling of witnesses
  • Through a quiet chat
  • Through pain and torture
  • Through questioning in court
Q.7
BEATRICE: Against my will, I am sent to bid you come in to dinner. BENEDICK: Fair Beatrice, I thank you for your pains. BEATRICE: I took no more pains for those thanks than you take pains to thank me. If it had been painful I would not have come. What is the source of humor in these lines?
  • Benedick now sees each of Beatrice's actions, even calling him to dinner, as an act of love
  • Beatrice believes Benedick to be mocking her as usual
  • Beatrice turns the tables on Benedick, remarking that she has made as little effort as he has made in thanking her
  • All of the above
Q.8
"Will your grace command me any service to the world's end? I will go on the slightest errand now to the Antipodes that you can devise to send me on. I will fetch you a toothpicker now from the furthest inch of Asia." Benedick here indulges in which of the following?
  • Simile
  • Hyperbole
  • Paradox
  • Personification
Q.9
"He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion." What does the messenger mean by comparing Claudio to a lamb?
  • Claudio is young and innocent-looking, but has been fierce on the battlefield
  • Claudio is small and delicate, but managed to be mostly brave on the battlefield
  • Claudio is small and young, which excuses his poor performance on the battlefield
  • Claudio ran away from battle, as a lamb might do
Q.10
LEONATO: Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE: Not till God make men of some other mettle than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a piece of valiant dust? — to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? Which words give the impression that Beatrice does not think very highly of men?
  • God, mettle, woman, piece
  • Mettle, woman, overmastered, valiant
  • Earth, dust, clod, marl
  • Valiant, account, life, wayward
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