Question

from \cupids crafty arrow\ by mary macleod (excerpt) claudio, 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 so 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 see me with a good grace over the quarter. one woman is fair, yet i am well; another is wise, yet i am well; another virtuous, yet i am well; but till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace. rich she shall be, thats certain; wise, or ill none; virtuous, or ill never cheapen her; fair, or ill never look on her; mild, or come not near me; noble, or ill not bend; of good discourse, an excellent musician, and her hair shall be of what colour it please god. ha! why, then, to-morrow is a new day; and so to bed now.\ select the correct answer. what is a theme of the passage? a. things are not always as they seem. b. nothing good was ever learned from eavesdropping. c. love can be found when you least expect it. d. deception can cause more harm than good.

Explanation:

The passage shows Benedick's surprise at Claudio's change due to love, indicating that love can be unexpected. There are no elements of deception, and the idea that nothing good comes from eavesdropping isn't the main point. Also, the passage doesn't focus on things not being as they seem in a general sense. It's mainly about the unexpected nature of love.

Answer:

C. Love can be found when you least expect it.