Much Ado About Nothing
Why is Margaret mistaken for Hero?
She is wearing Hero's clothes
Where and when does the play take place?
Sicily, sixteenth century
Who argues affectionately with Hero about what she should wear on her wedding day?
margaret
who does borachio make love to on heros balcony
margaret
Why is Beatrice annoyed with Margaret on the morning of Hero's wedding?
margaret teases beatrice
What does Beatrice compare Don Pedro to after he offers himself to her as a husband?
a fancy outfit
At the beginning of the play, what is Beatrice's relationship to Benedick?
"enemy"
When was this play probably first performed?
1599
At the end of the play, how many couples get married in total?
2
After hearing the accusations against Hero at the wedding, what object does Leonato request?
A dagger
Which two characters write love sonnets?
B and B
To whom does Don Pedro propose marriage?
Beatrice
Why is it necessary for Hero to seem to die?
Because her reputation has been publicly tarnished
What makes Claudio realize that he wrongly accused Hero?
Borachio's confession of Don John's plot
Which character is sad at the end of the play?
Don Pedro
Why does Claudio reject Hero at the altar?
He thinks she cheated on him and lost her virginity
What reason does Don John give for his sullenness?
It's in his nature
How do Don Pedro and Claudio make Benedick fall in love with Beatrice?
They have him overhear their conversation in which they assert that she is in love with him
Why does Claudio rush out after speaking to Don John during the masked ball?
angry and upset
What is Don John's nickname?
bastard
Which character rails against the unequal status of women, saying, "O that I were a man for his sake!"?
beatrice
Who refuses to marry in the beginning of the play?
beatrice and benedick
Where is Benedick hiding when he overhears his friends loudly describing how Beatrice has fallen in love with him?
behind some trees
Which histrionic character begs to be sent to "the furthest inch of Asia" rather than speak to Beatrice?
benedick
Who challenges Claudio to a duel after he jilts Hero?
benedick
Who immediately realizes that Don John is the likely culprit behind the plot to slander Hero?
benedick
Believing that Beatrice is in love with him, how does Benedick behave when she appears to fetch him to dinner?
courteously
Unaware that police are listening, who explains how Claudio and Don Pedro were tricked into thinking Hero was unfaithful?
borachio
Which servant overhears Claudio and Don Pedro conversing and correctly understands Don Pedro's role in Claudio's plan to woo hero?
borachio
Before the masked ball, who vows to help Don John in his desire to make trouble for Claudio?
borachio and conrad
Who carries out Don John's plan?
borachio and margaret
Despite being a witty and brilliant conversationalist, Benedick bemoans his inability to ___.
cannot write beatrice's sonnet
After the aborted wedding, what do Claudio and Don Pedro ask Benedick to do the next time they see him?
cheer them up
Which character has a suspicious nature that sees them easily tricked by evil rumors and hasty to take revenge?
claudio
What does Don Pedro propose to do in order to help Claudio win Hero's heart?
disguise himself as Claudio
Who is said to be "an ass"?
dogberry
Who approaches Leonato just as he is about to enter the church for Hero and Claudio's wedding?
dogberry and verges
Who are the local heads of police?
dogberry and verges
Who is the first man to propose marriage to Beatrice, either seriously or in jest?
don pedro
Who is the most socially powerful person in the play?
don pedro
Who is the nobleman from Aragon that is sometimes referred to as "Prince"?
don pedro
Who is the only one of the play's gallants (fine gentlemen) not to end up with a wife at the end?
don pedro
Who vows to assist Claudio in publicly shaming Hero if she is proven to be unfaithful?
don pedro
After Claudio accuses Hero of promiscuity in front of everyone, what does Hero do first?
faints
Although she's unaware of Don John's treachery, on the morning of her wedding Hero experiences a strong sense of ___.
foreboding
At the church, who asks Claudio if he wishes to marry Hero, prompting Claudio's outraged outburst and accusations?
friar francis
Where does Hero stage a conversation about Benedick being in love with Beatrice, knowing that Beatrice is eavesdropping?
garden
How does Claudio woo Hero?
he doesn't, Don pedro does disguised as Claudio
After overhearing Don Pedro in conversation with Claudio, Antonio mistakenly tells Leonato that Don Pedro is in love with ___.
hero
Who is Leonato?
hero's father (beatrice's uncle)
Who is Antonio?
hero's uncle
What are the policemen instructed to do if someone fails to stand in Don Pedro's name?
ignore him
What is Balthasar's song in Act II, scene iii about?
infidelity of men
Claudio's epitaph is a poem celebrating Hero's ___.
innocence
What does Benedick and Beatrice's "merry war" consist of?
insults
in what country does Much Ado About Nothing take place?
italy
After Claudio jilts Hero at the altar, what does Beatrice ask Benedick to do?
kill claudio
What does Don John promise to Borachio if he can successfully ruin Hero and Claudio's wedding?
large reward
What is the stated offense for which the police arrest Conrad and Borachio?
lechery
Who do Dogberry and Verges request as an audience while they interrogate their prisoners?
leonato
Whose house are the policemen told to be particularly vigilant around?
leonato
in whose household are Don Pedro, Claudio, and Benedick invited to stay for a month?
leonato
After Claudio leaves Hero's grave, who does he believe he's going to marry?
leonato's niece
What term best describes Dogberry's verbal comedy?
malapropism
What does the "savage bull" symbolize (I.i.213; V.iv.43)?
man unwilling to marry
What do Hero, Beatrice, and the waiting women wear to hide their identities at the second wedding?
masks
Before Don John and Don Pedro became friendly, they were ___.
mutually hostile
After becoming infatuated with Beatrice, what item does Benedick run off to procure?
potrait
What does Leonato's household do to punish Claudio for shaming Hero?
pretend Hero is dead & challenge Claudio to a duel
What happens to Don John at the end of the play?
prisoner in medina
What does Beatrice do when Benedick first asks her in front of everyone if she loves him?
says no
After Claudio leaves Hero at the altar, Hero's family tells everyone that ___.
she died of grief
As compared with his demeanor at the start of the play, Benedick's infatuation with Beatrice makes him ___.
subdued
After Claudio and Hero agree to marry, Leonato schedules the wedding for...
the coming monday
Who discovers Don John's evil plot?
the watch
don john wants...
to ruin Claudio
Don John approaches Claudio and Don Pedro, and shocks them by informing them that Hero is ___.
unfaithful
After Borachio confesses, who informs Beatrice and Benedick that the scheme against Hero has been revealed?
ursula
Who is Hero speaking with when Beatrice overhears her talking about Benedick's secret infatuation?
ursula
At the start of the play, Leonato is preparing to welcome home his friends from ___.
war
After Borachio confesses, what does Leonato order Claudio to do?
write hero's epitaph
Have Beatrice and Benedick courted before?
yes, but Benedick left her
