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~/git/merb/merb-core (master)$ gd lib/merb-core/test/helpers/request_helper.rb spec/public/test/request_helper_spec.rb  
diff --git a/merb-core/lib/merb-core/test/helpers/request_helper.rb b/merb-core/lib/merb-core/test/helpers/request_helper.rb
index 7ab15f5..4cc2c31 100644
--- a/merb-core/lib/merb-core/test/helpers/request_helper.rb
+++ b/merb-core/lib/merb-core/test/helpers/request_helper.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ module Merb
           Merb::Dispatcher.work_queue.pop.call
         end
 
+        def rack.method_missing(method,*args)
+          # method comes in like :created? or :not_found?
+          # slice off ?
+          method_string = method.to_s
+          if method_string[-1,1] == '?'
+            method_name = method_string.camel_case
+            method_name = method_name[0,method_name.size-1]
+            begin
+              if exception = Object.full_const_get("Merb::ControllerExceptions::#{method_name}")
+                exception.status == self.status
+              end
+            rescue NameError
+              super
+            end
+          else
+            super
+          end
+        end
+
         rack
       end
     end
diff --git a/merb-core/spec/public/test/request_helper_spec.rb b/merb-core/spec/public/test/request_helper_spec.rb
index d61dd50..18c7bcd 100644
--- a/merb-core/spec/public/test/request_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/merb-core/spec/public/test/request_helper_spec.rb
@@ -121,4 +121,12 @@ describe Merb::Test::RequestHelper do
     request("/expires").should have_body("1")
   end
   
+  it "should intercept methods ending in ? and try to match to controller exceptions" do
+    # for more targeted exception checking like request(...).should be_not_found etc
+    request("/nonexistant_method").should be_not_found
+  end
+
+  it "should reraise methods ending in ? that don't match an exception" do
+    lambda { request("/error_should_raise_up").should be_something_wrong_here }.should raise_error(NoMethodError  )
+  end
 end