Question

One of this play's protagonists states his feelings for a woman by saying, “If I do not love her, I am a Jew.” After returning from war, a man in this play asks “Lady Disdain” if she is alive, and is told that disdain “should not die…with such meet food.” That same (15[1])man in this play is called (*) "the prince's jester: a very dull fool" to his face at a masquerade ball. In a song from this play, Balthasar sings that “Men were deceivers ever” and that ladies should “Sigh no more.” Don John's plot to ruin a wedding in this play is foiled by the bumbling nightwatchman Dogberry, who (10[1])asks a notetaker to “remember that [he] is an (10[1])ass.” To test (-5[1])the loyalty of her lover, a woman in this play orders him to (10[1])“Kill (-5[1])Claudio,” her cousin Hero's fiance. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Shakespeare play that ends with the marriage of Beatrice and Benedick. ■END■

ANSWER: Much Ado About Nothing
<Jay Kim, British Literature>
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Liam StarnesChicago ANotre Dame C5115
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLChicago B8210
Michael HundingIllinois AIllinois C9110
Andrew VincentNorthwestern BNotre Dame A94-5
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdueIndiana B10710
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern ANotre Dame B108-5
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame BNorthwestern A11310
Ryan HappelSIUEIllinois B136-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AMinnesota14010
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2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y250%0%50%108.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y580%80%20%57.50
2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%33%0%97.67
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%50%50%80.50
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%100%0%46.50
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2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y875%13%38%97.33