Much Ado About Nothing Acts 1-3

What is the significance of the following quote from Hero?

"I never yet saw man / How wise, how noble, young, how rarely featured, / But she would spell him backward."

• Hero wants to enjoy the scheme to make her cousin fall in love with Benedick, but she feels guilty about the deception. This demonstrates Hero's good moral character.

• Hero is commenting on how attractive Claudio is. This shows that she is excited about her wedding day.

• As part of the deception to trick Beatrice, Hero is showing how contrary Beatrice is. This shows how well she knows her cousin.

• Hero is commenting on Margaret's poor education. This shows that she is proud of her own literacy skills.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the significance of this quote from Beatrice?

"Stand I condemned for pride and scorn so much? / Contempt, farewell, and maiden pride, adieu!"

• As her cousin prepares to marry, Beatrice feels sick because she secretly longs for her own wedding to Benedick.

• Beatrice is sick of being called "disdainful" and resolves to amend her character to be more like her cousin's.

• Beatrice reaizes that her pride is keeping her from having a relationship with Benedick.

• Beatrice realizes that her pride is the one thing that prevents her from making a poor choice of husband.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who says this? "Go but with me tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even the night before her wedding day."

• Borachio

• Don Pedro

• Don John

• Claudio

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is in Hero's room the night of the incident?

• Margaret and Borachio

• Margaret and Claudio

• Margaret and Don Pedro

• Margaret and Leonato

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Why doesn't Leonato listen to Dogberry?

• He doesn't like Dogberry

• He can't understand Dogberry

• He thinks Dogberry is untrustworthy

• He doesn't know who Dogberry is

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why do Benedick's friends tease him?

• He is in love

• He wore the wrong clothes to the wedding

• He sings badly

• Beatrice has made him look like a fool

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What metaphor does Claudio use to describe tricking Benedick?

• Hunting

• Putting on a show

• Painting a picture

• Fishing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What illness does Benedick claim to have because of love?

• Toothache

• Nausea

• Fever

• Headache

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

At the beginning of the play, Don Pedro and his men return from

• A pilgrimage to Jerusalem

• A war with France

• A war with Don John

• Training in England

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

In the war, Claudio served Don Pedro well despite his

• youth

• appearance

• lack of intelligence

• arrogance

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3