Much Ado About Nothing Plot recall Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Plot recall questions

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1. Who arrives at Leonato's house in Messina as the play opens?
   The Friar, come to marry Hero · Leonato's brother, back from the sea · Dogberry and the town watch · Don Pedro and his officers, back from war
2. How does Don Pedro offer to help Claudio win Hero?
   By writing love letters in Claudio's name · By asking Leonato for a large dowry · By wooing her for him at the masked ball · By sending Benedick to plead for him
3. At the masked ball, what does Beatrice tell the masked Benedick about Benedick?
   That she secretly admires his courage · That he owes her an old sum of money · That he is the prince's jester, a dull fool · That he once proposed and was refused
4. What plan does Borachio propose to Don John to break the match?
   Show Claudio 'Hero' at her window with a man · Forge a letter from Hero to another lover · Bribe the Friar to stop the wedding · Spread rumours that Hero is penniless
5. Who tricks Beatrice into believing Benedick loves her?
   Claudio and Don Pedro, at the ball · Hero and Ursula, talking where she hides · Margaret, in a forged letter · Leonato, in a private talk
6. How do the Watch come to arrest Borachio and Conrade?
   Margaret confesses everything to them · Don John betrays his own servants · Dogberry catches them at Hero's window · They overhear Borachio boasting of the trick
7. What does Claudio do at the altar?
   Rejects Hero and accuses her before all · Marries Hero and leaves for Aragon · Confesses he loves Beatrice instead · Challenges Don John to a duel
8. What does the Friar advise after Hero faints?
   Send her away to a convent at once · Let Leonato challenge Claudio to fight · Call off the wedding for a full year · Pretend she is dead until the truth comes out
9. Who confesses the plot against Hero to Don Pedro and Claudio?
   Margaret · Conrade · Don John · Borachio
10. What does Leonato require of Claudio as penance?
    Leave Messina and never again return · Pay Leonato a great sum of gold in damages · Mourn at Hero's tomb and marry Leonato's niece · Fight Benedick in a public duel at dawn
11. Where is Much Ado About Nothing set?
    Verona, in northern Italy · Athens, in Greece · Messina, in Sicily · Venice, on its lagoon
12. Who is disguised as Hero at the window?
    Ursula, Hero's attendant · Margaret, her gentlewoman · Beatrice, as a jest · Borachio in a dress
13. How does the play end?
    With Don John's execution · With Claudio leaving Messina alone · With a double wedding and a dance · With Benedick returning to war

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