SATs+PRACTICE+QUESTIONS

Here are some practice questions. Attempt them at home and give them to your teacher to have a look at and give you feedback.

__Themes__ 1. What do these two extracts show about attitudes to love and marriage? 2. What idea of honour might an audience gain from these two extracts? 3. Explain what part deception plays in these two extracts. 4. What do these two extracts show about relationships between men and women?

__Character__ 5. Explain how these two extracts reveal changes in the feelings that Beatrice and Benedick have for each other 6. What differences might an audience notice between Benedick's behaviour and attitudes in extract 1 and extract 2?

__Language__ 7. How does the language used in these two extracts show the changes in the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick? 8. How does the language used in these two extracts show that characters respond differently to Claudio's treatment of Hero?

__Performance__ 9. What advice might a director of a school performance give to the actors playing Beatrice and Benedick on how to respond to each other in these two extracts? 10. If you were an actor playing Beatrice, how would you show the range of her feelings in these two extracts?