Q.1
Why do Leonato, Beatrice and Benedick pretend that Hero is dead?
  • To allow time for the gossip about her to die down
  • To allow time to discover the truth
  • To prompt Claudio to feel sorrowful over his behavior
  • All of the above
Q.2
How do Don John and Borachio conspire to deceive Don Pedro and Claudio?
  • They persuade Hero to confess to Claudio that she does not love him
  • They bring Don Pedro and Claudio a letter which they falsely claim has been written by Hero
  • They set up an elaborate act of deception in which another woman pretends to be Hero engaged in an act of unfaithfulness
  • They demonstrate to Don Pedro and Claudio that Hero is truly in love with another man
Q.3
After Claudio decides that he is in love with Hero, how does Don Pedro propose to help him?
  • He will ask Beatrice to mention the idea of marriage to Hero
  • He will disguise himself as Claudio in order to woo Hero
  • He will disguise himself as Claudio in order to ask Leonato for permission to marry his daughter
  • He will create an opportunity for Claudio and Hero to be alone together
Q.4
What does the audience learn from Beatrice and Benedick's first conversation in Act One, Scene One?
  • Both characters are quick with language
  • Beatrice and Benedick enjoy insulting one another
  • The two characters have a shared past
  • All of the above
Q.5
How is Don John's deception discovered?
  • Borachio and Conrad are arrested by the watchman
  • Don John confesses his plot just before the wedding is due to take place
  • Beatrice and Benedick discover the truth from Borachio
  • Leonato insists that there must be some mistake and that his daughter is innocent
Q.6
Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick have come to Messina from where?
  • Rome
  • Greece
  • Hunting
  • War
Q.7
Who does NOT accuse Hero at the altar?
  • Leonato
  • Claudio
  • The Friar
  • Don Pedro
Q.8
Which of the following is NOT correct?
  • Don John hopes to disrupt the friendship between Don Pedro and Claudio
  • Don John mistakes Claudio for Benedick when he asks him to dissuade Don Pedro from loving Hero
  • Don John leads Claudio to believe that Don Pedro has betrayed him
  • Don John leads Claudio to believe that Hero has betrayed him
Q.9
How are Beatrice and Hero related?
  • They are cousins
  • They are sisters
  • They are merely friends
  • They are new acquaintances
Q.10
How do Don Pedro, Claudio and Leonato persuade Benedick that Beatrice loves him?
  • They bring Benedick a forged love letter
  • They encourage Beatrice to declare her love as part of a dare
  • They trick Beatrice into declaring her love when she believes no one else to be listening
  • They purposefully allow Benedick to overhear them discussing Beatrice's love for him
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