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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 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 (15[1])in this play is foiled by the bumbling nightwatchman Dogberry, who asks a (10[1])notetaker to “remember that [he] is an ass.” To test the loyalty of her (10[1])lover, a woman in this play orders him to “Kill Claudio,” her cousin Hero's fiance. 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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