What is Puck’s real name? | Robin Goodfellow |
Who is chose to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play? | Snug |
Which of the young Athenians is first affected by the love potion? | Lysander |
Which man does Hermia’s father want her to marry? | Demetrius |
Where do Lysander and Hermia plan to be 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, an 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 of 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 a donkey |
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 arrow struck it |
Which of the craftsmen is in charge of the rehearsals? | Quince |
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? | 3 |
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 |
Where does the play take place? | Athens and the forest outside its walls |
When does the play take place? | Ancient Greece, Midsummer |
Who are the protagonists of the play? | Puck and the Athenian Lovers |
Who are the antagonists of the play? | None really, could say love itself and all its complications |
What are the themes of the play? | The Difficulties of Love, Dreams vs. Reality, Magic |
What are the conflicts in the play? | Various love struggles (list a couple examples – Hermia/Helena/Demetrius/Lysander situation; argument between Oberon & Titania, Theseus/Hippolyta wedding) |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Quiz Review
August 11, 2019