Q.1.
What is the immediate context for this passage?
Q.2.
What immediately follows this passage?
Q.3.
What is meant by Benedick's line, "Beat—"?
Q.4.
"I will swear by it that you love me, and I will make him eat it that says I love not you." Benedick swears by his sword that he loves Beatrice. What does he mean by "I will make him eat it"?
Q.5.
Referring to the answer to the previous question, how does Beatrice overturn Benedick's boastful promise?
Q.6.
"O that I were a man! What, bear her in hand until they come to take hands, and then with public accusation, uncovered slander, unmitigated rancor - O God that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market place." Which aspect of Claudio's refusal to marry Hero does Beatrice most condemn in these lines?
Q.7.
Which of the following refers to fighting a duel for Hero's honor?
Q.8.
Which of the following lines does NOT imply that Benedick is somehow physically restraining Beatrice?
Q.9.
"Will you not eat your word?" Beatrice's question aligns two different weapons capable of violence. What are these?
Q.10.
Which of the following lines contrast outer appearances with inner reality?