| What does parlous mean? | terrible |
| What does loam mean? | mixture of clay, sand, and straw – used for making bricks |
| What does marry mean? | by the Virgin Mary |
| What does knavery mean? | trick, prank |
| What does translated mean? | transformed |
| What does enthralled mean? | taken prisoner by; captivated by |
| What does gambol mean? | romp; bouncing; frisky |
| What does beseech mean? | beg eagerly for |
| What does bower mean? | room |
| What does consecrated mean? | sacred; blessed |
| What does durst mean? | dare |
| What does conjure mean? | come up with; bring up |
| What does bequeath mean? | assign; hand down; pass on |
| What does disparage mean? | criticize; put down |
| What does apprehension mean? | understanding |
| What does forsooth mean? | indeed |
| Why is Puck upset to see the tradesmen rehearsing? What does he do about it? | They are so close to the queen. He turns Bottom’s head into a donkey. |
| Why do the tradesmen flee when Bottom reappears? | Puck turns his head into an animal (donkey) for his own amusement. |
| Compare Titania’s words to Bottom with Helena’s soliloquy about Cupid. What similarities do you see? | Love is blind (Tiatania and Bottom); love and reason don’t go together |
| What accusation does Hermia bring against Demetrius? | Hermia believes that Demetrius has killed Lysander. |
| What does Oberon now understand when he sees Hermia arguing with Demetrius in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2? | He realizes that Puck did not put the potion on Demetrius’ eyes. |
| Describe the allusions to sleep, dreams, and confusion in Scene 2. | They talk about how love is hard at times, also that it can be hard to see clearly but easier to listen at night. Hermia says this. |
| After both Demetrius and Lysander express their newfound affection for Helena, and then Hermia enters the scene, what does Helena think all three are up to? | She thinks all three of them are mocking her and making fun of her. |
| In light of the words and actions of Puck, how does the audience know that the fairies are more kind than malicious? | because Titania orders them to wait on Bottom and the fairies are to do whatever he wishes/asks for |
| One of the more famous lines from the play is “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” Puck says this to Oberon when he is about to charm Demetrius to fall in love with Helena – to fix his prior mistake of charming Lysander. How is this line representative of some of the key themes in the play? | They are foolish. |
| Have you noticed the many references to birds in the first three acts so far? Why might Shakespeare have been so keen on using ornithological imagery in this play? | Lysander compares a raven and a dove – if you saw a bird, it meant something had happened |
| Can you remember some of the birds you have come across so far? | dove, raven |
Act 3 Midsummer Night’s Dream quiz
August 2, 2019