Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Which line from paragraphs 3–9 best supports the theme? (3) And Benedick hastily concealed himself, as Don Pedro, Claudio, and Leonato approached, followed by some musicians. (4) "Come, shall we hear this music?" said Don Pedro, seating himself on a bench within earshot of the arbour. "See you where Benedick has hidden himself?" he added in a low voice. (5) "Oh, very well, my lord," answered Claudio. "When the music is ended, we will give him something to think about..." (6) Come hither, Leonato," said Don Pedro, when the young musician had retired. "What was it that you told me of to-day—that your niece Beatrice was in love with Signor Benedick?" (7) "Go on," whispered Claudio. "We shall catch our bird. I did never think that lady would have loved any man," he added aloud, for Benedick's benefit. (8) "No, nor I neither," said Leonato; "but it is most wonderful that she should so doat on Signor Benedick, whom she has in all outward behaviour always seemed to abhor." (9) "Is it possible? Sits the wind in that corner?" murmured the astonished Benedick in his hiding-place.

Answer 1

The line from paragraphs 3-9 that best supports the theme is line 8: "No, nor I neither," said Leonato; "but it is most wonderful that she should so doat on Signor Benedick, whom she has in all outward behaviour always seemed to abhor."

The line from paragraphs 3-9 that best supports the theme is line 8: "No, nor I neither," said Leonato; "but it is most wonderful that she should so doat on Signor Benedick, whom she has in all outward behaviour always seemed to abhor."

This line supports the theme because it shows the surprise and disbelief that Leonato and Claudio feel when they learn that Beatrice is in love with Benedick, despite her previous behavior towards him.