Don Pedro decides to cause trouble because | its his nature to do so |
At the Masquerade Ball, Don John tells Claudio that | Don Pedro intends to woo Hero for himself. |
Benedick thinks Beatrice is in love with him because | he overhears Claudio, Don Pedro, and Leonato talking about her love for him. |
Claudio says, “Silence is the perfectest herald of Joy” when he finds out that | Hero has agreed to marry him. |
Don John continues to try and make trouble by arranging for Don Pedro and Claudio to watch in hiding while | Borachio seduces Margaret while calling her “Hero.” |
Beatrice becomes convinced that Benedick loves her because | she overhears Hero and Ursula talking about her. |
In Act Ill, Benedick has changed in that | he looks sad, has shaved and wears perfume. |
In Act Ill, we meet Dogberry, the captain of the watch. He is a comic character because | he misuses language without realizing it. |
At the beginning of the play, Leonato rea ds a letter that says Don Pedro has | Won a victory with few losses. |
In Act I, Benedick reveals that he | distrusts all women. |
Leonato discovers someone is in love with Hero because | A servant has overheard a conversation in the garden. |
In Act Ill, Beatrice has also changed her behavior. She shows signs of being in love by | feeling sick and having a cold. |
At the wedding in Act IV, | Claudio denounces Hero, and she faints. |
After Claudio and Don Pedro leave the wedding, Friar Francis says that they should all pretend that she is dead so that | her accusers feel sorry that thei r words killed her and so the plot against her can be discovered. |
Under these unusual circumstances, Benedick confesses his love for Beatrice and she demands that he prove his love by | killing Claudio in revenge for what he did to Hero. |
In the last scene in Act IV, Dogberry gets statements from Conrade and Borachio that prove | Don John set up the plot to discredit Hero. |
At the beginning of Act V, Leonato tries | to challenge Claudio to a duel. |
After leaving Leonato, Claudio and Don Pedro meet Benedick, hoping he will raise their spirits, but instead, Benedick | challenges Claudio to a duel. |
In the final scene, Beatrice and Benedick try to pretend they are not in love, but their true love is revealed because | they have both written love poems to each other. |
After Don John’s plot is revealed, Claudio agrees to | marry Hero’s cousin. |
Where did the malapropism come from? | It is derived from the character Mrs. Malaprop, coming from the 1775 comedy The Rivals written by Richard Sheridan. Malaprop itself is derived from mal a propos, meaning “inappropriate” in French. Mrs. Malaprop, like Dogberry, was a character who always used words in the most “inappropriate” manner imaginable! |
What is malapropism? | Incorrect use of words |
English – Much Ado about Nothing Test
July 11, 2019