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Much Ado About Nothing

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is Much Ado About Nothing set?

a)

Medina

b)

Messina

c)

Milan

d)

Marino

2.

How are Beatrice and Hero related?

a)

Sisters

b)

Not related

c)

Cousins

d)

Twins

3.

Whose villa is used as the base of the action?

a)

Don Pedro's

b)

Leonato's

c)

Don John's

d)

Beatrice's

4.

Which character is described as a "rare parrot teacher"?

a)

Hero

b)

Benedick

c)

Antonio

d)

Beatrice

5.

What type of play is Much Ado?

a)

Tragedy

b)

History

c)

Comedy

d)

Romance

6.

Who describes himself as a "plain dealing villain"?

a)

Don Pedro

b)

Claudio

c)

Benedick

d)

Don John

7.

Who is Beatrice talking about when she says "I know you of old, you always end with a jade's trick."

a)

Benedick

b)

Don Pedro

c)

Don John

d)

Claudio

8.

Which actor plays the part of Don Pedro?

a)

Kenneth Brannagh

b)

Keanu Reeves

c)

Denzel Washington

d)

Robert Sean Leonard

9.

What does the play's title actually mean?

a)

Everything will go wrong

b)

Over reacting to something that is unimportant

c)

Causing mischief

d)

Getting your revenge

10.

Benedick is described as a "trencherman". What does it mean?

a)

Likes fighting

b)

Loves the ladies

c)

Eats a lot

d)

Loves practical jokes

11.

What title did Benedick give Beatrice in Act1 Sc. 1?

a)

My Lady Distant

b)

My Lady Dismayed

c)

My Lady Disdain

d)

My Lady Distemper

12.

What is a "pernicious suitor"?

a)

A cruel man

b)

A lazy boyfriend

c)

A rude man

d)

A deadly boyfriend

13.

Why does Benedick ask Claudio "Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again"?

a)

He can't understand why Claudio wants to marry

b)

He feels old

c)

He is angry with Hero

d)

He wants to marry Hero himself

14.

What did Don John mean when he said he'd "rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace."?

a)

He'd rather be cruel than kind

b)

He'd prefer to betray Don Pedro

c)

He'd rather be something horrible than be favoured by his brother

d)

He'd rather die than do as Don Pedro asks

15.

How does Don John learn of the impending marriage of Claudio and Hero?

a)

Conrad tells him.

b)

He overhears Benedick.

c)

Boracio tells him.

d)

Leonato tells him.