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Much Ado About Nothing Intro quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

What type of play is Much Ado About Nothing?

a)

Tragedy

b)

History

c)

Comedy

d)

Romance

3.

What era is Much Ado About Nothing set in?

a)

Jacobean

b)

Romantic

c)

Elizabethan

d)

Georgian

4.

Where is Much Ado About Nothing set?

a)

Medina

b)

Messina

c)

Milan

d)

Marino

5.

Whose villa is used as the base of the action?

a)

Don Pedro's

b)

Leonato's

c)

Don John's

d)

Beatrice's

6.

How are Beatrice and Hero related?

a)

Sisters

b)

Not related

c)

Cousins

d)

Twins

7.

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

a)

Hero

b)

Benedick

c)

Antonio

d)

Beatrice

8.

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

9.

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

10.

Which character is the prince of Arragon?

a)

Leonato

b)

Claudio

c)

Don Pedro

d)

Don John

11.

How did the Elizabethans feel about illegitimate children?

a)

They felt suspicious

b)

They felt pity

c)

They felt indifferent

d)

They felt nervous

12.

The ideal woman in the Elizabethan era was...

a)

Chatty and clever

b)

Quiet and sullen

c)

Witty and entertaining

d)

Quiet and submissive

13.

A society in which the men hold power is called

a)

Matriarchal

b)

Patriarchal

c)

Familial

d)

Utopian

14.

Paternal authority refers to

a)

The authority of a king

b)

The authority of a queen

c)

The authority of a father

d)

The authority of a mother

15.

The monarch in Shakespeare's day was

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Victoria

c)

Henry VIII

d)

George I

16.

Who represents the ideal woman in Much Ado About Nothing

a)

Margaret

b)

Ursula

c)

Beatrice

d)

Hero

17.

What was women's goal in the Elizabethan era?

a)

To be a fine musician

b)

To gain a good education

c)

To inherit wealth

d)

To marry a suitable man