Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespearean

• Tragedy

• History

• Comedy

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Shakespeare often used which of the following elements to help set the mood and create a foreboding atmosphere? Check all that apply.

• Hilarious characters

• Bad Weather/Time of Day

• Figurative language

• Iambic Pentameter

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In a Shakespearean play, a "bastard" half-brother would frequently hold what position or character role?

• The tragic hero

• Comic relief

• The villain

• A good servant

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Shakespeare's typical writing styles or functions of comedies would include which of the following? Check all that apply.

• Motif of deception

• Use of masks

• Use of an antagonist

• Implementation of ghosts

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Many of the characters in Much Ado About Nothing are ________.

• Shy and reserved

• Talkative and witty

• Angry and seek revenge

• Fickle

Don John is the _________ of the play.

• the tragic hero

• source of comic relief

• the protagonist

• the antagonist

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Which quote best describes Don John’s feelings about his brother?

• “I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace…”

• “Why is he the Prince’s jester, a very dull fool;”

• “I thank you. I am not a man of many words.”

• “I have broke with her father and his goodwill obtained…”

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Who are the revealers at the masquerade ball wearing masks? Check all that apply.

• Antonio

• Claudio

• Benedick

• Don Pedro

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All of the following plot to match Benedick and Beatrice except

• Claudio

• Hero

• Leonato

• Don John

When the audience knows more than the characters do it is known as

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Allusion

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