Select the correct answer.How does Valentine's experience with Proteus affect his actions in the passage? A. Their shared childhood makes Valentine more forgiving of Proteus's actions. B. Valentine's knowledge of Proteus's girlfriend makes him wary of Proteus's intentions. C. Their close friendship results in Valentine blindly trusting Proteus. D. Valentine's jealousy of Proteus causes him to falsely warn the Duke of his character.

Select the correct answer.Which line from the text reveals the contrast between Valentine and Proteus that develops the theme of the passage? A. He told Proteus that, unknown to the Duke, her father, Silvia and he were betrothed—nay, more, that the hour of their marriage and the method of their flight were already arranged. B. In the full warmth of his generous heart, Valentine lavished praises of his friend to the Duke of Milan and to Silvia, and for the sake of the love she bore to Valentine Silvia gave Proteus a hearty welcome. C. Valentine had spoken many wise words to Proteus on the folly of being in love, but he had not been long in Milan before he was in just the same sad plight that he had cautioned his friend against. D. He suspected there was some love between Silvia and Valentine, and saw many little things when they thought him blind.

Select the correct answer.Read this excerpt from the text.(5) In spite of the devotion which he had professed for Julia, in spite of his lifelong friendship with Valentine, Proteus no sooner beheld Silvia than he imagined himself desperately in love with her.What does this sentence reveal about Proteus's character? A. It reveals that Proteus is able to control his thoughts and actions. B. It reveals that Proteus's faithfulness is questionable. C. It reveals that Proteus's love for Julia is unmatched. D. It reveals that Proteus values others over himself.

Select the correct answer.Which is the best objective summary of the passage? A. Valentine trusts his friend Proteus and wants what is best for him, so when he visits him in Milan, he praises him to the Duke. However, when Proteus sees the Duke's daughter, Silvia, he immediately forgets his girlfriend back home and wants Silvia for himself. B. The Duke of Milan wants his daughter Silvia to have an appropriate match for a husband. He feels as though she may be interested in Valentine, who is a nice guy, but not good enough for his daughter. So, he locks her away at night so that he can keep an eye on her while he decides who she should marry. C. Proteus destroys his friendship with Valentine by betraying his trust. The evil Proteus wants to marry Silvia, Valentine's love interest, and deviously tells the Duke of Valentine's plan to sneak away with his daughter. This gets Valentine unfairly thrown out of the kingdom, and Proteus receives Silvia's hand in marriage. D. Despite her father's plans to marry her to someone else, Silvia falls in love with Valentine. Her father suspects she may have feelings for Valentine and locks her away at night so she cannot leave. When Proteus, Valentine's friend, comes to visit, he falls in love with Silvia and hatches a plan to have her for himself.

Select the correct text in the passage.Which phrase from the text excerpt explains the Duke's motivation for allowing Valentine to stay?(2) The Duke of Milan, as was the custom in those days, thought himself at perfect liberty to dispose of his daughter in marriage as best pleased himself, with but scant regard for her own feelings on the subject. He suspected there was some love between Silvia and Valentine, and saw many little things when they thought him blind. He often determined to forbid Valentine his Court and his daughter's company, but, fearing that his jealousy might perhaps be leading him into error, and that he might bring disgrace unworthily upon Valentine, he resolved not to act rashly, but by gentle means to try to discover the truth. In the meanwhile he kept a strict watch over Silvia, and, fearing some attempt on the part of the young lovers to escape secretly, he gave directions that Silvia should be lodged in an upper tower, the key of which was brought every night to himself.

Select the correct answer.Which statement best summarizes the main events in the passage? A. Benedick struggles with how his friends change once they are in love and wonders if he too will act differently. B. Benedick considers the type of woman he could love and thinks that, even if he found her, he would not change who he is or how he acts. C. Benedick eavesdrops on his friends, who know he is listening, and they trick him into thinking Beatrice is in love with him. D. Benedick overhears his friends talking about Beatrice's love for him and wonders if he could ever love her back.