In Act V of a Midsummer Night’s Dream, Quince presents the prologue for “Pyramus and Thisbe.” When the prologue is over, Theseus says: His speech was like a tangled chain – Nothing impaired, but all disordered… Which tone does the simile “his speech was like a tangled chain” create? | It creates a humorous tone by compairing Quince’s speech to something disorganized and hard to follow. |
Why did Shakespeare choose to name a character “Bottom” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? | His name is a joke that connects to his behavior and to what happens to him. |
How does the appearance of the fairies in the denouement of A Midsummer Night’s Dream affect the tone of the play? | After the silliness and disorder of the “play within a play,” the fairies bring a tone of peace and order. |
Which statement best expresses one of the themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? | Love can make people act crazy. |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream has a romantic theme. How does the attitude toward love develop or change over the course of the play? | The play begins by focusing on love’s problems, but ends by focusing on the joy true love brings. |
One theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the question of reality: What is real and what is a Dream?How does the ending of the play explore this theme? | Robin makes a final speech that invites the audience to think of the whole play as a dream. |
How does Shakespeare use the Oberon-Titania plot to create tension or surprise in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? | Robin and Oberon’s attempts to help the lovers make everything worse, which causes conflict among the four lovers. |
Read the passage: excerpt from Act III, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Which line from the excerpt expresses a sense of time? | “The moon, methinks, looks with a wat’ry eye” |
Read the passage: Excerpt from Act II, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. How does this passage create a sense of place? | The fairy describes how she wanders through the world at night. |
Read the passage: Excerpt from Act V, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.What is the tone of this excerpt and how does the language create it? | Formal tone: it rhymes and uses formal sentence structure. |
3.10: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Quiz
August 12, 2019