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25 Cards in this Set
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Who refuses to marry in the beginning of the play?
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Benedick and Beatrice.
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Where and when does the play take place?
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Sicily, sixteenth century.
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How does Claudio woo Hero?
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He doesn’t; Don Pedro does.
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At the beginning of the play, what is Beatrice’s relationship to Benedick?
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Enemies.
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Who is Leonato?
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Hero’s father.
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What does Don John want?
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To ruin Claudio.
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Who carries out Don John’s plan?
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Borachio and Margaret.
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What reason does Don John give for his sullenness?
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It’s in his nature.
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Who is said to be “an ass”?
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Dogberry.
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Why does Claudio reject Hero at the altar?
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He thinks she cheated on him and lost her virginity.
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Who discovers Don John’s evil plot?
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The Watch.
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What does Leonato’s household do to punish Claudio for shaming Hero?
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He pretends Hero is dead and challenges Claudio to a duel.
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Which two characters write love sonnets?
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Beatrice and Benedick.
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To whom does Don Pedro propose marriage?
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Beatrice
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Why is Margaret mistaken for Hero?
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She is wearing Hero’s clothes.
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Which character is sad at the end of the play?
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Don Pedro.
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What makes Claudio realize that he wrongly accused Hero?
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Borachio’s confession of Don John’s plot.
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When was this play probably first performed?
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1599
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How do Don Pedro and Claudio make Benedick fall in love with Beatrice?
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They have him overhear their conversation in which they assert that she is in love with him.
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Have Beatrice and Benedick courted before?
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Yes, but Benedick left her.
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Why is it necessary for Hero to seem to die?
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Because her reputation has been publicly tarnished.
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What term best describes Dogberry’s verbal comedy?
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Malapropism.
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What is Balthasar’s song in Act II, scene iii about?
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The infidelity of men.
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What does the “savage bull” symbolize (I.i.213; V.iv.43)?
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The man unwilling to marry.
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Who is the most socially powerful person in the play?
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Don Pedro.
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