Much Ado About Nothing:

Multiple Choice

According to Beatrice and Leonato, the “perfect” man would be

(a) half Benedick and half Don John.

(b) half Bendick and half Claudio.
(c) half Claudio and half Don John.
(d) half Leonato and half Benedick.

Which of the following is NOT true in comparing and contrasting Beatrice and Hero?

(a) Beatrice is pickier about whom she would marry.

(b) Beatrice is more outspoken.
(c) Hero, unlike Beatrice, is “ruled” by her father.
(d) Hero, like Beatrice, is witty and jokes about men with the others.

Which of the following events does NOT happen at the masked ball?

(a) Don Pedro proposes to Hero.

(b) Balthasar and Margaret irt with each other as they dance.
(c) Beatrice, under disguise, degrades Benedick to the man with whom she dances.
(d) Claudio pretends to be Benedick.

Which of the following is NOT part of Don John’s plan to discredit Hero?

(a) Conrade will get Margaret to stand on Hero’s balcony and he’ll call her Hero.
(b) Don John will get don Pedro and Count Claudio to be standing beneath the balcony at
that time.
(c) Borachio will receive a thousand ducats for his part in this plan.
(d) Don John will learn the day Hero and Claudio are to be married so they could
discredit her the night before.

10. Of all the qualities Benedick wants in the woman he marries, the one that doesn’t
matter to him is her virtue.

True/False

Act 3

11. In the trapping of Beatrice, Hero comments that she heard that Benedick loves
Beatrice from the prince and her father. (T/F)

12. Claudio and Don Pedro tease Benedick that he is in love because Benedick combed
his hair, washed his face, shaved his beard and put on “aftershave.” (T/F)

13. Margaret compliments Hero by saying:

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 (a) Hero will be the most beautiful bride in all Messina.

(b) Hero’s betrothed is the best man in all Italy.
(c) Hero’s dress is prettier than the Duchess of Milan’s gown.
(d) All of the above.

14. Hero and Margaret tease Beatrice, who is claiming illness, by playing (punning) on
the word

(a) “husband.”
(b) “love.”
(c) “ill.”
(d) “benedictus.”

15. The purpose of Act 3, Scene 5 is to do all of the following but which one?

(a) Add suspense since Leonarto told Dogberry to question the prisoners instead of
doing it himself.
(b) Add more humor with Dogberry trying to impress Leonarto by his capturing
Conrade and Borachio.
(c) There is no purpose and this scene could be taken completely out.
(d) None of the above.

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Much Ado About Nothing:

Written Answers

What are Beatrice’s reasons for not wanting to have anything to do with men?

What does Beatrice mean by this quote:

“What should I do with him—dress him in my apparel and make him my waiting
gentlewoman? 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.” (II.i.28–32)

What advice does Beatrice offer Hero?

What are Leonato’s instructions to his daughter, Hero? Include a QUOTE:

What does Leonato’s advice show about traditional attitudes?

Do you think Beatrice and Benedick know each other when they speak behind their
masks? Why or why not?

What might be symbolic about why Don John is not masked during the party?

Why does Don John pretend he does not recognize Claudio?

 What lie does Claudio tell Don John?

What lie does Don John tell Claudio?

What do you think is the meaning of the following quote?

“Friendship is constant in all other things,

Save in the of ce and affairs of love.
Therefore all hearts in love use their own tounges;
Let every negotiate for itself
And trust no agent, for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.” (II, i, pg. 17)

What does Benedick tease Claudio about?

How does Claudio react to Benedick’s teasing? What does this show us about Claudio?

Translate the following quotes into plain English:

What does Beatrice mean when she says, “once before he won it of me with false dice”?
(II, i, pg. 20)

Who rst has the idea to put Beatrice and Benedick together?

What is Don Pedro’s plan?

Scene II

What plan do Don John and Borachio hatch?

Why is Borachio willing to help Don John?

Scene III
Why does Don Pedro’s plan work so well?

How does Benedick rationalize himself into loving Beatrice? Include a QUOTE:

Why do you think Benedick is so easily tricked into loving Beatrice?

How does Beatrice react to Benedick when she tells him it is time for dinner?

What does Benedick think of the way Beatrice talks to him? What does he think is really
going on?

Act 3

On what errand does Hero send Margaret?

What does Beatrice overhear?

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 What does Beatrice resolve? Include a QUOTE:

Don Pedro says that Benedick is “all mirth.” What does that mean? What is the de nition
of mirth?

What physical ailment does Benedick claim is troubling him?

How has Benedick changed his appearance and why?

What conclusion do Don Pedro and Claudio draw from Benedick's new appearance?

What does Don John tell Don Pedro and Claudio?

How can Don John prove what he says?

If Hero has been unloyal, what will Claudio do?

What will Don Pedro do if Hero proves unloyal?

What jobs are held by Dogberry and Verges?

What stereotype are Dogberry and Verges?

What is funny about the commands that Dogberry gives for the watchmen?

What is the watch's job that night?

Why is Borachio helping Don John?

What does Borachio tell Conrade? What happens when he nishes his story?

As the women prepare for the wedding, what do they discuss?

What is wrong with Beatrice?

What does Margaret claim will cure Beatrice? What pun is made and to what effect?

Why have Dogberry and Verges come to see Leonato?

What does Leonato do?

How do you think Leonato’s decision will affect what’s next?

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