Much Ado About Nothing 137 questions
and answers
Where does much ado about nothing take place? - answer messina, italy
Acr 1, scene 1: the messenger tells leonato someone will be arriving in messina. who is coming?
- answer don pedro
Act 1, Scene 1: Where are Don Pedro, Claudio, Benedick, and Don John returning from? -
answer war
act 1, scene 1: beatrice questions the messenger about someone. Who? - answer signior
montanto
act 1, scene 1: who is signior montanto and what is his relation to beatrice? - answer Benedick,
he and beatrice used to date
act 1, scene 1: according to leonato, who is fighting a "merry war"? why does leonato use this
term? - answer beatrice and benedick, they throw insults at each other, a sort of battle of wits
act 1, scene 1: describe beatrice's greeting to benedick upon his arrival - answer bitter, sarcastic,
rude, insults him a lot
act 1, scene 1: how long do don pedro and his company plan on staying in messina? - answer
one month
act 1, scene 1: who is don john? - answer pedro's illegitimate brother
act 1, scene 1: who catches claudio's eye? - answer hero
,act 1, scene 1: what is it that benedick swears will never happen to him? - answer marriage, fall
in love
act 1, scene 1: what does don pedro intend to do for claudio? - answer disguise himself as
claudio and woo hero
act 1, scene 2: what does antonio claim to have learned from one of his servants? - answer don
pedro is in love with hero
act 1, scene 2: what is leonato's reaction to the news regarding don pedro's wooing his
daughter, hero? - answer he wants don pedro and hero to get married
act 1, scene 3: what are don john's true feelings toward his brother, don pedro? - answer
malice, hate
act 1, scene 3: What sort of person is don john? why should he probably lay low for the time
being? how does he describe himself? - answer don john is an evil person, he should lay low
because he led the revolt against don pedro and his army, john describes himself as a villain
act 1, scene 3: what news does borachio bring to don john? - answer claudio loves hero
act 1, scene 3: what does don john plan to do regarding claudio and hero? why? - answer ruin
claudio's marriage to avenge his loss against claudio in the war
act 2, scene 1: who does leonato notice is not at supper that evening? - answer don john
act 2, scene 1: what does beatrice say she is thankful to God for every night? - answer that she
does not have a husband
, act 2, scene 1: where does beatruce say that, as an unmarried woman, she shall go? - answer to
the gate's of hell where the devil will tell her that virgins don't go to hell, so then she will go to
heaven
act 2, scene 1: what kind of party is leonato hosting? - answer masquerade
act 2, scene 1: what instructions do leonato and antonio have for hero? what do leonato and
antonio think will happen that evening? - answer they tell her to say yes to don pedro's
marriage proposal because they think pedro will ask her that night
act 2, scene 1: how much does hero talk? describe her - answer she talks little, reserved/modest
act 2, scene 1: how does beatrice further insult benedick at leonato's masquerade party? -
answer she talks trash to his face, knowing it is him underneath the mask but pretending she
doesn't know, everyone laughs
act 2, scene 1: does beatrice know she is speaking with benedick (who is wearing a mask)? does
benedick think she knows who she is speaking to - answer yes, no
act 2, scene 1: how does don john feed false information to claudio? - answer john pretends to
think claudio is benedick (everyone is in masks)
act 2, scene 1: what false information does don john tell claudio? - answer don pedro loves hero
act 2, scene 1: who does claudio become angry with after don john shares what he has "heard"?
- answer don pedro
act 2, scene 1: explain how claudio won hero's heart - answer don pedro won it for him
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