Much Ado About Nothing

Question 1

The majority of the play takes place

Answer 1

In Messina, mainly at Leonato’s house

Question 2

Leonato is the

Answer 2

governor of Messina and is the father of hero

Question 3

Leonato’s daughter is named

Answer 3

Hero

Question 4

Leonato’s niece is named

Answer 4

Beatrice

Question 5

Leonato’s brother is named

Answer 5

Antonio

Question 6

Beatrice and Hero are

Answer 6

Cousins

Question 7

In battle, Claudio

Answer 7

“Looks like a lamb, but fights like a lion”

Question 8

What name does Beatrice refer to Benedick as when asking about him in battle

Answer 8

Senior Montanto

Question 9

Leonato tells the messenger that Beatrice and Benedick have a

Answer 9

“Kind of merry war between them”

Question 10

In act 1, we can infer that Beatrice and Benedick don’t like each other because…

Answer 10

They were romantically involved once, and they broke up

Question 11

What is a Double Entendre

Answer 11

A type of figurative language with a double meaning

Question 12

Who helps trick Benedick to fall in love with Beatrice

Answer 12

Leonato, Claudio, Don Pedro,

Question 13

When Benedick and Beatrice are slowly falling in love in act 4, what does Beatrice ask Benedick to do for her?

Answer 13

to kill Claudio

Question 14

Claudio finds out Hero was “cheating” and

Answer 14

Publicly shames her at the wedding.

Question 15

Why did hero ‘‘die’’

Answer 15

So that everyone thinks that she died and came back a different hero that is a virgin

Question 16

Leonato and Antonio challenge

Answer 16

Claudio to a duel to defend Hero’s honor

Question 17

Don John is

Answer 17

Don Pedros brother and a villain

Question 18

In act 5 scene 4-5 Don John

Answer 18

Runs away

Question 19

in act 5 scene 5 Borachio feels

Answer 19

Guilty when he hears that hero died so he comes clean

Question 20

In act 5 scene 5 Hero and Claudio

Answer 20

Get married

Question 21

In act 5 scene 5 Beatrice and Benedick

Answer 21

Get married

Question 22

Who is “an ass”?

Answer 22

Dogberry

Question 23

What does Dogberry mean when he says “Suspect”

Answer 23

Respect

Question 24

Why does Don John want to stop the wedding between Claudio and Hero?

Answer 24

To ruin Claudio

Question 25

In Act 3 Scene 3 Borachio

Answer 25

Braggings about how he has tricked Don Pedro and Claudio were overheard

Question 26

What villain confesses in Act 5 scene 1

Answer 26

Don John

Question 27

Who rejects marriage at the beginning

Answer 27

Benedick and Beatrice

Question 28

How many kids did Shakespeare have

Answer 28

3 (two daughters, and a son)

Question 29

In which period of time did Shakespeare write most over his plays, and sonnets

Answer 29

The Elizabethan period

Question 30

Why did Claudio reject Hero

Answer 30

Hero was seen having an affair with another man

Question 31

Who was Shakespeare’s first wife

Answer 31

Anne Hathaway

Question 32

Did Shakespeare go to college

Answer 32

No he did not

Question 33

How many plays did Shakespeare write

Answer 33

He wrote 36 plays in total

Question 34

Which two characters are involved in making it look like Hero is cheating on Claudio?

Answer 34

Balthazar and Margaret

Question 35

Which character did not know she was involved in framing Hero?

Answer 35

Margaret

Question 36

Don John does not like Claudio because

Answer 36

He took Don Pedro’s side in the argument between Don John and Don Pedro

Question 37

Don John and Don Pedro are

Answer 37

half brothers

Question 38

Which brother has all the power?

Answer 38

Don Pedro

Question 39

Which brother is illegitimate?

Answer 39

Don John