Who is chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play? | Snug |
Which of the young Athenians are first affected by the love potion? | Lysander |
Which man does Hermia’s father want her to marry? | Demetrius |
Where do Hermia and Lysander plan to get married? | Lysander’s Aunt’s house |
What part of her appearance does Hermia believe Helena has exploited to win Lysander’s love? | her height |
What does Oberon want that Titania refuses to give him? | Her attendant, and Indian prince |
Why does Pyramus, in the craftsmen’s play, kill himself? | Pyramus believes Thisbe has been killed by a lion because he finds her tattered garment at their meeting place |
Who brings the complaint against Hermia to Theseus in Act I? | Egeus |
Of whom is Hippolyta the queen? | The Amazons |
How does Puck prevent Demetrius and Lysander from fighting? | By mimicking their voices and causing each to get lost in a separate part of the forest |
Which of the women is afraid or fighting? | Helena |
Whom does Demetrius love at the end of the play? | Helena |
With whom does Titania fall in love in Act III? | Bottom |
What prank does Puck play on Bottom? | He changes his head into that of an ass |
Who first thinks of using the love potion on Titania? | Oberon |
Who speaks with Titania’s quartet of attendants? | Only Bottom |
Why is the flower whose juice Oberon seeks special? | One of Cupid’s arrows struck it |
Which of the craftsmen is in charge of the rehearsals? | Quince |
In what year was Shakespeare born? | 1564 |
Who tells Demetrius that Lysander and Hermia are planning to elope? | Helena |
What food does Bottom crave after Puck’s mischief? | Hay |
What are Theseus and Hippolyta about to do before they discover the sleeping lovers? | Listen to Theseus’s hounds baying |
How many weddings take place before the play-within-a-play? | Three |
Who blesses Theseus and Hippolyta with a magical charm at the end of the play? | Oberon and Titania |
Who suggests that the audience consider whether the entire play has been a dream? | Puck |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Plot Analysis
August 25, 2019