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Much Ado About Nothing escape rooms

Five self-checking escape rooms on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, one for each act. Every answer comes from the act, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. They suit high school English classes and homeschoolers from about grade 8.

No logins and nothing to install. Try the first two locks of any room free. See the rooms on all twelve plays.

Room by room

• Act 1: Lady Disdain. News of Don Pedro's return from the wars, the first sparring between Beatrice and Benedick, Claudio's love for Hero, Don Pedro's plan to woo her for him at the feast, the talk overheard in the orchard and Don John's plotting.
• Act 2: The Masked Dance. The masked dance, Don John's lie to Claudio, Claudio and Hero's engagement, Don Pedro's scheme to make Beatrice and Benedick fall in love, Borachio's plan with Margaret, and the trick played on Benedick in the orchard.
• Act 3: The Night Watch. Hero and Ursula's trick on Beatrice, Benedick in love, Don John's accusation against Hero, Dogberry and the Watch, Borachio's boast to Conrade, the wedding morning and Dogberry's visit to Leonato.
• Act 4: The Wedding Day. Claudio's accusation in the church, Hero's collapse, Leonato's grief, Friar Francis's plan to give out that Hero is dead, Beatrice and Benedick's declarations of love, and the examination of Borachio and Conrade.
• Act 5: Strike Up, Pipers. Leonato and Antonio's anger, Benedick's challenge to Claudio, Borachio's confession, Leonato's terms, Benedick's struggle to write love poetry, the night at Hero's tomb, the second wedding and the dance.