Midterm Review - Much Ado and More

Question 1

"I'd rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace," refers to what two characters?

Accepted Answer

Don Pedro and Don Jon

Question 2

What literary term refers to when a character gives a speech with no other characters onstage?

Accepted Answer

Monologue

Question 3

FLASHBACK: Which themes are most prominent in 16th Century English poetry?

Accepted Answer

Love and Rejection

Question 4

Who said, "When I died I was your other wife, and when you loved, you were my other husband"

Accepted Answer

Hero

Question 5

What literary term refers to an author telling two stories at once in order to compare themes?

Accepted Answer

Double Plot Structure

Question 6

Which character agrees to help Don Jon's evil plan by pretending to make love to Hero?

Accepted Answer

Borrachio

Question 7

What is meant by the lyrics, "Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more, for men were deceivers ever?"

Accepted Answer

That women should see that men are often false and will lie

Question 8

What is the Friar's plan to convince Claudio that he truly does love Hero?

Accepted Answer

Everyone will pretend that Hero has died

Question 9

Which theme is best represented when Beatrice and Benedick trade clever insults with each other

Accepted Answer

Wit and Warfare

Question 10

Which theme is best represented when Benedick says that marriage has made Claudio a lesser man?

Accepted Answer

Marriage and Freedom

Question 11

Which character says "do not forget to specify when time and place shall serve that I am an ass

Accepted Answer

Dogberry

Question 12

Who says, "By my troth niece, thou wilt never get a husband, if thou be so shrewd of tongue!"

Accepted Answer

Leonato

Question 13

Which literary term refers to when two characters trade insults back and forth?

Accepted Answer

Repartee

Question 14

Who says, "He that hath a beard is too much for me, and he that has none I am too much for him"

Accepted Answer

Beatrice

Question 15

Which theme is best represented by Claudio falling in love with Hero at first sight

Accepted Answer

Love and Courtship

Question 16

What is Don Jon's FIRST attempt to disrupt Hero and Claudio's courtship?

Accepted Answer

He has Claudio believe Don Pedro has wooed Hero for himself

Question 17

The quote, "If we can achieve this then Cupid is no longer a love god," refers to what plan?

Accepted Answer

The plan to trick Beatrice and Benedick to love each other

Question 18

What event begins the plot of the play?

Accepted Answer

Don Pedro and his company are returning from war

Question 19

What does Don Pedro mean when he says, "In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke?"

Accepted Answer

Even stubborn bachelors will get married eventually

Question 20

What is the name of the theater where Shakespeare produced the majority of his plays?

Accepted Answer

The Globe Theater

Question 21

How many times does Claudio speak with Hero before he decides that he is going to marry her?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 22

What does the word "Nothing," in the title of the play, mean in 16th Century England?

Accepted Answer

It refers to noting the appearance of things

Question 23

The character, Dogberry, is characterized by which of following comic traits?

Accepted Answer

He often confuses his language and misuses his words

Question 24

What happens to Don Jon at the end of the play?

Accepted Answer

He flees Messina but is caught

Question 25

Which theme is best represented by Don Pedro/Don Jon using disguises to trick other characters?

Accepted Answer

Perception and Reality

Question 26

How is it revealed at the end of the play that Beatrice and Benedick secretly loved each other?

Accepted Answer

Claudio reveals the love poems they wrote for each other

Question 27

FLASHBACK: Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a political document explaining how to do what?

Accepted Answer

How to rule through fear and power

Question 28

What literary term refers to when the audience knows something that the characters do not?

Accepted Answer

Dramatic Irony

Question 29

Who says "war-thoughts are left vacant, in their room comes thronging soft and delicate desires

Accepted Answer

Claudio

Question 30

FLASHBACK: What is the purpose of Queen Elizabeth's speech to the troops?

Accepted Answer

She wants to encourage soldiers to fight the Spanish Armada

Question 31

FLASHBACK: What genre of literature is Beowulf?

Accepted Answer

Epic

Question 32

What does Beatrice make Benedick promise to do in order to prove his love for her?

Accepted Answer

Kill Claudio

Question 33

The quote, "Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably," refers to what two characters

Accepted Answer

Beatrice and Benedick

Question 34

FLASHBACK: Which British author wrote "The Canterbury Tales?"

Accepted Answer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about William Shakespeare?

Accepted Answer

He wrote plays specifically to be read, not performed

Question 36

What type of play is Much Ado About Nothing?

Accepted Answer

Romance

Question 37

What is the setting of the play?

Accepted Answer

Messina, Italy

Question 38

FLASHBACK: What medieval theme is explored in the works "La Morte d'Arthur" and "Sir Gawain?"

Accepted Answer

Chivalry

Question 39

Which of the following does Claudio NOT AGREE to do in order to apologize to Leonato?

Accepted Answer

He agrees to be Leonato's personal servant for a year

Question 40

What is Shakespeare trying to tell us about love by comparing the two plots in the play?

Accepted Answer

That young love is fickle and real love comes by experience

Question 41

When Benedick claims "shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?" what is he upset about

Accepted Answer

He is angry that Claudio wants to be married

Question 42

Which characters ultimately save the day by revealing Don Jon's evil plot?

Accepted Answer

Dogberry and the Watch

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