Shakespeare -- Much Ado about Nothing (Kenneth Branaugh, 1993) Questions and Answers with complete solutions

"O Lord, he will hang upon him like a disease" Who is she talking about? - Beatrice talking about Benedict What kind of woman is Beatrice? - independent, witty, intelligent Rituals? - Hospitality, cleanliness, civility, order "Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your grace" - Leonato What kind of man is Benedick? - independent, witty, intelligent, male version of Beatrice "I love none" - Benedick "I would my horse had the speed of your tongue" - Benedick How long will they stay at Leonato's house? - A month Which characters are newy reconciled? - Don John and Don Pedro "In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke" - Don Pedro What is Don Pedro's to unite Claudio with Hero? - woo Hero himself then give her to Claudio "I cannot hide what I am. I must be sad when I have cause, and smile at no man's jests" - Don John"I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace" - Don John Images of disguise and mistaken identity - Margaret mistaken for Hero, Don Pedro pretends to be Claudio "He that hath a beard is more than a youth; and he that hath no beard is less than a man: and he that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him" - Beatrice