Question

from the shakespeare story - book by mary macgregor (excerpt) \cupids crafty arrow\ benedicks friend, is marrying hero, and benedick feels as though he has lost his friendship as a result. as he walks alone in the gardens, benedick thinks about the qualities a woman would need for him to be willing to marry her when he hears claudio, leonato, and don pedro approaching. (1) benedick was strolling alone in leonatos orchard, and as he went he mused to himself. (2) \i do wonder,\ he thought, \that one man, seeing how much another man is a fool when he is in love, after he has laughed at such shallow follies in others, will himself become the object of his own scorn by falling in love; and such a man is claudio. i have known when there was no music with him but the drum and the fife, and now he had rather hear the tabor and the pipe. i have known when he would have walked ten miles on foot to see a good armour, and now will he lie ten nights awake, carving the fashion of a new doublet. he was wont to speak plain and to the purpose, like an honest man and a soldier, and now his words are a very fantastical banquet, just so many strange dishes. shall i ever be converted, and see with those eyes? i cannot tell. i think not i will not be sworn that love may not transform me to an oyster, but ill take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me, he shall never make me such a fool. one woman is fair, yet i am well - never make me such a fool. (3) and benedick hastily concealed himself, as don pedro, claudio, and leonato approached, followed by some musicians. how does seeing benedick in hiding affect the actions of the other characters? a. the characters are friendly and quickly greet benedick in his hiding spot. b. the characters are cunning and quickly devise a plan to trick benedick. c. the characters are revengeful and purposefully trick benedick into thinking he has an admirer. d. the characters become cautious and nervous when they see benedick hiding in the bushes. select the correct answer. read the excerpt from paragraphs 2 - 3 of the passage. \...ha! the prince and monsieur love. i will hide me in the arbour.\

Explanation:

In the given excerpt, when Benedick is in hiding, the other characters (Don Pedro, Claudio, Leonato) seem to be devising a plan to trick him into thinking he has an admirer. They are not being friendly and greeting him, nor are they becoming cautious and nervous. The main action is that they are revenge - ful and purposefully trying to trick him.

Answer:

B. The characters are revengeful and purposefully trick Benedick into thinking he has an admirer.