Much Ado About Nothing Test and Answer Key

This summative test covers William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and includes an answer key, as well as a standards-based rubric for scoring essays. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By taking this assessment, students will:

• Demonstrate knowledge significant characters and the key aspects of their lives
• Demonstrate knowledge of significant events throughout the play
• Identify the context of meaningful quotations in the play
• Apply knowledge of a variety of literary devices applied in the play including hyperbole, metaphor, malapropism, oxymoron, hyperbole, personification, invective, and pun
• Respond to an essay prompt requiring students to explore the complexities of Benedick’s character
• Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims made in an academic essay