Much Ado About Nothing Acts 1-3

What is the significance of the following quote from Hero?

"I never yet saw man / How wise, how noble, young, how rarely featured, / But she would spell him backward."

• Hero wants to enjoy the scheme to make her cousin fall in love with Benedick, but she feels guilty about the deception. This demonstrates Hero's good moral character.

• Hero is commenting on how attractive Claudio is. This shows that she is excited about her wedding day.

• As part of the deception to trick Beatrice, Hero is showing how contrary Beatrice is. This shows how well she knows her cousin.

• Hero is commenting on Margaret's poor education. This shows that she is proud of her own literacy skills.

What is the significance of this quote from Beatrice?

"Stand I condemned for pride and scorn so much? / Contempt, farewell, and maiden pride, adieu!"

• As her cousin prepares to marry, Beatrice feels sick because she secretly longs for her own wedding to Benedick.

• Beatrice is sick of being called "disdainful" and resolves to amend her character to be more like her cousin's.

• Beatrice reaizes that her pride is keeping her from having a relationship with Benedick.

• Beatrice realizes that her pride is the one thing that prevents her from making a poor choice of husband.

Who says this? "Go but with me tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even the night before her wedding day."

• Borachio

• Don Pedro

• Don John

• Claudio

Who is in Hero's room the night of the incident?

• Margaret and Borachio

• Margaret and Claudio

• Margaret and Don Pedro

• Margaret and Leonato

Why doesn't Leonato listen to Dogberry?

• He doesn't like Dogberry

• He can't understand Dogberry

• He thinks Dogberry is untrustworthy

• He doesn't know who Dogberry is

Why do Benedick's friends tease him?

• He is in love

• He wore the wrong clothes to the wedding

• He sings badly

• Beatrice has made him look like a fool

What metaphor does Claudio use to describe tricking Benedick?

• Hunting

• Putting on a show

• Painting a picture

• Fishing

What illness does Benedick claim to have because of love?

• Toothache

• Nausea

• Fever

• Headache

At the beginning of the play, Don Pedro and his men return from

• A pilgrimage to Jerusalem

• A war with France

• A war with Don John

• Training in England

In the war, Claudio served Don Pedro well despite his

• youth

• appearance

• lack of intelligence

• arrogance