Plot
Why is it necessary for Hero to seem to die?
Because her reputation has been publicly tarnished
Where and when does the play take place?
Sicily, sixteenth century
Have Beatrice and Benedick courted before?
Yes, but Benedick left her
What reason does Don John give for his sullenness?
It’s in his nature
Which character is sad at the end of the play?
Don Pedro
At the beginning of the play, what is Beatrice’s relationship to Benedick?
Enemy
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
Who is Leonato?
Hero’s father
What is Balthasar’s song in Act II, scene III about?
The infidelity of men
To whom does Don Pedro propose marriage?
Beatrice
Who discovers Don John’s evil plot?
The Watch
hat does Beatrice claim happened when she was born?
A star danced
What is the name of the foolish constable who runs the town watch?
Dogberry
‘I’d rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace’?
Don John
Why is Margaret mistaken for Hero?
She is wearing her clothes
What does Benedick send the boy off to fetch at the start of Act 2, Scene 3?
A book
Whose wedding gown is compared to Hero’s and judged to be ten times the lesser?
The Duchess of Milan
What is the name of the Friar who helps to hide Hero’s secret?
Francis
What does the “savage bull” symbolize
The man unwilling to marry
Who carries out Don John’s plan?
Borachio and Margaret
What makes Claudio realize that he wrongly accused Hero?
Borachio’s confession of Don John’s plot
"He were an excellent man that were made just in the midway between him and Benedick. The one is too like an image and says nothing, and the other too like my lady’s eldest son, evermore tattling." Is a quote from which character?
Beatrice
Who is Hero's Mother?
Innogen
What term is used to describe Dogberry’s verbal comedy?
Malapropism
Who is the most socially powerful person in the play?
Don Pedro