Much Ado About Nothing Act 3

In Act 3, Scene 1, Beatrice overhears a conversation staged by whom?

• Hero & Ursula

• Benedick & Don John

• Leonato & Don Pedro

• Margaret & Borachio

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Ursula and Hero speak to each other in a way that the audience can hear, but a concealed Beatrice cannot. What is this dramatic convention called?

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Allusion

• Aside

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When referencing Beatrice, Ursula said, “The pleasant’st angling is to see the fish cut with her golden oars over the silver stream and greedily devour the treacherous bait.” Which literary device is used in this quote?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Anaphora

• Oxymoron

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Which of the following is not one of the faults Beatrice is accused of?

• Disdain and scorn

• Improper etiquette

• She cannot love

• Mockery

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Beatrice eavesdrops on this conversation. Which motif is illustrated in this scene?

• Entertaining

• Noting

• Confessing

• Battling

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After Beatrice hears the conversation, she delivers a soliloquy in which she resolves to do what?

• Bid farewell to contempt and maiden pride

• Love Benedick in return

• Bind her love up with Benedick's in holy Marriage

• All of the above

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This scene is a mirror of what happened to Benedick in Act 2, Scene 3. What is it called when identical plot lines play out at different times for different characters?

• Irony

• Parallelism

• Foiling

• Alternating

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In Act 3, Scene 2, Benedick shows some signs of having fallen in love. Which of the following is not one of those signs?

• Shaving his beard

• Wearing perfume

• Washing his face

• Pressing and ironing his clothing

Don John is determined to ruin Claudio’s engagement to Hero. Which of the following things does he say to win the trust of Claudio and Don Pedro?

• “You may think I love you not.”

• “I am a loyal and trustworthy brother.”

• “In full disclosure, I must tell you the lady hath been uncertain about her pending nuptials.”

• “I am an apparent knave and known villain."

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Don John instructs Claudio and Don Pedro, “If you will follow me, I will show you enough, and when you have seen more and heard more, proceed accordingly” (3.2.105-115). What does Don John intend to show the men?

• Hero dancing with another soldier

• Hero’s infidelity with another man, seen through her chamber bedroom window

• Hero sneaking out to another man’s house

• Hero begging her father to call off the wedding

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