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Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
Study Guide
NO FEAR
Translation
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Act I, scene i
Act I, scenes ii–iii
Act II, scene i
Act II, scenes ii–iii
Act III, scenes i–ii
Act III, scene iii
Act III, scenes iv–v
Act IV, scenes i–ii
Act V, scenes i–ii
Act V, scenes iii–iv
Characters
Character List
Beatrice
Benedick
Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Social Performance
Deception
Honor
Quotes By Section
Act I, scene i
Act I, scenes ii-iii
Act II, scene i
Act II, scenes ii-iii
Act III, scenes i-ii
Act III, scene iii
Act III, scenes iv-v
Act IV, scenes i-ii
Act V, scenes i-ii
Act V, scenes iii-iv
Quotes By Character
Beatrice
Benedick
Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon
Claudio
Don John
Further Study
Context
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Act 1, scene i
Act 1, scenes ii-iii
Act 2, scene i
Act 2, scenes ii-iii
Act 3, scenes i-ii
Act 3, scene iii
Act 3, scenes iv-v
Act 4, scenes i-ii
Act 5, scenes i-ii
Act 5, scenes iii-iv
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
Sample A+ Essay
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further Study
Full Book Quiz
Further Study
Full Book Quiz
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1
. Who refuses to marry in the beginning of the play?
Hero
Don Pedro and Don John
Benedick and Beatrice
Hero and Claudio
2
. Where and when does the play take place?
England, fourteenth century
Florence, fifteenth century
Sicily, sixteenth century
Paris, seventeenth century
3
. How does Claudio woo Hero?
He doesn’t; Don Pedro does
He writes her a sonnet
He serenades her window at night
He asks her father to tell her that he loves her
4
. At the beginning of the play, what is Beatrice’s relationship to Benedick?
Lover
Enemy
Wife
Sister-in-law
5
. Who is Leonato?
Beatrice’s father
Don Pedro and Don John’s father
Claudio’s father
Hero’s father
6
. What does Don John want?
To marry Hero
To make Beatrice and Benedick fall in love
To ruin Claudio
To kill Dogberry and Verges
7
. Who carries out Don John’s plan?
Balthasar and Antonio
Dogberry and Verges
Claudio and Don Pedro
Borachio and Margaret
8
. What reason does Don John give for his sullenness?
Too many people have wronged him
It’s in his nature
It’s an act to gain sympathy
He thinks that noblewomen are attracted to brooding types
9
. Who is said to be “an ass”?
Dogberry
Borachio
Verges
Conrad
10
. Why does Claudio reject Hero at the altar?
She smells like a rotten orange
He thinks she lied to him about her wealth
He thinks she cheated on him and lost her virginity
He decides he just isn’t ready to get married
11
. Who discovers Don John’s evil plot?
Benedick
Margaret
Leonato’s household
The Watch
12
. What does Leonato’s household do to punish Claudio for shaming Hero?
He pretends Hero is dead and challenges Claudio to a duel
He drives Claudio out of town
He violently beats Claudio
Absolutely nothing at all
13
. Which two characters write love sonnets?
Claudio and Don Pedro
Claudio and Hero
Beatrice and Benedick
Don Pedro and Beatrice
14
. To whom does Don Pedro propose marriage?
Hero
Ursula
Beatrice
Margaret
15
. Why is Margaret mistaken for Hero?
She is wearing a mask
She is wearing Hero’s makeup
She is wearing a red sash
She is wearing Hero’s clothes
16
. Which character is sad at the end of the play?
Don Pedro
Don John
Benedick
Hero
17
. What makes Claudio realize that he wrongly accused Hero?
A note that she left him
His utter remorse at having publicly shamed her
Leonato’s harsh reprimands
Borachio’s confession of Don John’s plot
18
. When was this play probably first performed?
1850
s
1580
s
1623
1599
19
. How do Don Pedro and Claudio make Benedick fall in love with Beatrice?
They convince him of her virtues
They have him overhear their conversation in which they assert that she is in love with him
They force him to spend one evening locked in a room alone with her
They insult, humiliate, and belittle him until he agrees to love her
20
. Have Beatrice and Benedick courted before?
Yes, but Benedick left her
No, because they’re enemies
Yes, but Beatrice left him
They had a blind date when they were younger, but neither of them was interested
21
. Why is it necessary for Hero to seem to die?
Because she is very tired and worn out
Because she is pregnant
Because her reputation has been publicly tarnished
Because she cheated on Claudio
22
. What term best describes Dogberry’s verbal comedy?
Slapstick
Malapropism
Witty banter
Hyperbole
23
. What is Balthasar’s song in Act II, scene iii about?
The infidelity of men
The infidelity of women
The beauty of love
The wind and the rain
24
. What does the “savage bull” symbolize (I.i.
213
; V.iv.
43
)?
Happiness in marriage
A world without law
A soldier’s honor
The man unwilling to marry
25
. Who is the most socially powerful person in the play?
Leonato
Beatrice
Don Pedro
Dogberry
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