Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 Quiz and Answer Key

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning duties with this plot-based quiz covering Act 2 of William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing. The assessment may double as a guided reading handout to facilitate active engagement with the text. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By taking this assessment, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Why Leonato teases Beatrice
• Beatrice’s dance partner
• Beatrice’s treatment of her dance partner
• Borachio and Don John’s deception
• Benedick’s self-reflection
• Don Pedro’s promise to find Beatrice a husband
• Hero’s chambermaid
• The nature of Borachio’s interaction with Margaret
• A plan to misrepresent Hero
• Benedick’s assumptions about his future
• Balthasar’s actions
• The deception of Benedick
• Benedick’s promise to love Beatrice