Who plays the starring role in the play-within-the play in Act 5?A – Nick BottomB – Peter QuinceC – Tom SnoutD – SnugE – Robin Starveling | A – Nick Bottom |
Why is Flute given the part of the Thisbe?A – He isn’t smart enough to remember linesB – He is young enough to sound like a girlC – He is the largest manD – It is the hardest part | B – He is young enough to sound like a girl |
Why does Shakespeare have the mechanicals/actors speaking in prose?A – They are ordinary folk use plain languageB – elevated language is used only for the major charactersC – they are too uneducated to really speak in verseD – all of the above | D – all of the above |
How does Titania end up with the changeling (the boy)?A – She steals him from his motherB – She promises Oberon a sonC – She promises the boy’s dead mother that she would take care of himD – She needs to atone for cheating on Oberon | C – She promises the boy’s dead mother that she would take care of him |
“Therefore the wind, piping to us in vain, as in revenged has sucked up from the sea.” This line includes what literary element?A – allusionB – personificationC – ImageryD – allusion | B – personification |
“Belike for want of rain, which I could well beteem, them from the tempest in my eyes” contains with literary element?A – simileB – rhymeC – hyperboleD – sadness | C – hyperbole |
“You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant’ is an example ofA – a punB – understatementC – a metaphorD – a joke | C – a metaphor |
Though he makes a mistake in anointing the wrong Athenian, PuckA – enjoys the mischief he has producedB – tells his master Oberon that he is indebted to him foreverC – promises to pester the couples until they fall in loveE – promises to get Titania to make a fool out of herself | A – enjoys the mischief he has produced |
When Helena says, ” I am your spaniel,” this is an example ofA – SimileB – MetaphorC – Personification D – Hyperbole | B – Metaphor |
Bottom can be described asA – strong-willed, loyal friend, desperateB – weak-willed, lacks self-respect, a bit manipulativeC – insecure, lacks self-respect, a bit manipulativeD – controlling, jealous, a hot mess | C – insecure, lacks self-respect, a bit manipulative |
“Jack will have Jill/Naught shall go ill.” These lines contains an example of A – personificationB – metaphorC – rhyming couplet D – none of the above | C – rhyming couplet |
Why does Puck believe Lysander to be the man Oberon wanted him to find?A – He is wearing Athenian garbB – He is sleeping so far from the girlC – He is the only man Puck could findD – all of these | D – all of these |
To which two senses does the imagery in the line below appeal? “Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen”A – sight and soundB – sight and feeling C – smell and sightD – feeling and tasteE – taste and sound | B – sight and feeling |
An example of an iambic foot is found in the beat of the nameA – “Theseus”B – TitaniaC – “Helena”D – “Hermia”E – none of the above | E – none of the above |
A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus And his love Thisbe; very tragical mirth. Merry and tragical! Tedious and brief!We see examples ____________ in these lines.A – puns B – metaphorsC – similesD – oxymorons | D – oxymorons |
“That will ask some tears in the true preforming of it: if I do it, let the audience look to their eyes; I will move storms.” This line has an example of what literary element?A – simile B – hyperboleC – personificationD – dramatic irony | B – hyperbole |
“O grim-looked night! O night with hue so black! O night, which evert art when day is not. O night! O night’ contains an example ofA – dramatic irony B – overused alliterationC – simile D – overused repetition | D – overused repetition |
When Bottom – unknowingly – wearing the head of a donkey says “I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me” Shakespeare is using example ofA – alliterationB – simileC – dramatic ironyD – imagery | C – dramatic irony |
Which of the following are not in conflict with each other in this act three?A – Hermia and helenaB – Demetrius and LysanderC – Robin and TheseusD – Lysander and Hermia | C – Robin and Theseus |
When Theseus is told that the play was written by laborers who have “never labour’d in their minds” what is really being said?A – that the men are intellectualsB – that the men are not very smartC – that the men are prankstersD – That the men work very hard | B – that the men are not very smart |
What are Moonshine and Lion left to do at the end of their play?A – apologize to the kingB – remove all propsC – write a sequelD – bury the dead | D – bury the dead |
What does Helena, still thinking Hermia and the men are ganging up on her, say about the childhoods of the women?A – Hermia was always meanB – Hermia was like her sisterC – Hermia always acted like a motherD – Hermia was always taller than she was | B – Hermia was like her sister |
Oberon was originally jealous of Titania becauseA – She was more interested in the beauty of the universe than in himB – she had an eye for SnugC – he thought she was interested in TheseusD – She was more interested in Cobweb and Peaseblossom than in him | C – he thought she was interested in Theseus |
what do the fairies do after the palace goes to sleep?A – they go to sleep as wellB – Oberon sends them out to sing and dance and bless the new lovers on their wedding nightC – They go back to the woods to clean us he damage all of the lovers had doneD – They of out to play tricks on the actors | B – Oberon sends them out to sing and dance and bless the new lovers on their wedding night |
“this is old Ninny’s tomb” is an example of A – simileB – AlliterationC – malapropismD – pun | C – malapropism |
When Lysander says, “I will shake thee from me like a serpent” he uses an example of a A – simile B – metaphorC – PunD – Personification | A – simile |
We began the play with both men loving Hermia; now both love Helena. How many times have the women changed whom they love?A – 2B – 1C – 0D – 3 | C – 0 |
Which of the women is insecure about her looks?A – HermiaB – HippolytaC – HelenaD – Titania | C – Helena |
Once her vision has been cleared from the potion, what is Titania’s response to her “affair” with Bottom?A – she is confused about how she could love an ass, but dances with OberonB – she is furious with Oberon and still loves the assC – she has a change of heart and lovingly decides to hand the boy overD – she’s angry at Bottom for allowing her to love him | A – she is confused about how she could love an ass, but dances with Oberon |
Why are the other actors so happy to see Bottom return?A – they thought he has been killedB – they didn’t think anyone else could play PyramusC – they didn’t think anyone else could play ThisbeD – they thought he had married the Fairy Queen | B – they didn’t think anyone else could play Pyramus |
“I know a place where the wild thyme blows,/where oxlips and the nodding violet grows.” A – RobinB – TitaniaC – OberonD – Lysander | C – Oberon |
“Lord, what fools Mortals be!”A – oberonB – Robin C – BottomD – titania | B – robin |
“The course of true lover never did run smooth.”A – LysanderB – DemetriusC – HermiaD – Helena | A – lysander |
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet/are the imagination all compact…”A – Theseus B – robinC – bottom D – hippolyta | A – Theseus |
“I’ll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minute”A – bottomB – RobinC – OberonD – Theseus | b – Robin |
Robin’s last speech has many purposes. Which of these is not one of them?A – it closes the playB – it thanks the audienceC- it asks the audience to enjoy or else pardon the frivolous entertainmentD – it reminds the audience that the actors will gladly accept monetary donations after the play | D – it reminds the audience that the actors will gladly accept monetary donations after the play |
The person in charge of Theseus’ wedding festivities and entertainment is A – egeusB – lysanderC – Philostrate D – bottomd – quince | c – philostrate |
“You acorn!” is an example of a – a pun b – a malapropismc – a metaphord – a smilie | c – a metaphor |
The eleventh weakened syllable in a line of iambic pentameter is called aside. A – trueB – false | b – false |
one reason shakespeare uses iambic pentameter was because it helped his actors memorize the lines faster.A – trueb – false | a – true |
a metric foot is defined as three syllables with one beata – true b – false | b – false |
iambic foot has the stress on the last syllablea – trueb – false | a – true |
In shakespeare’s day, one would address the king of England as “thou.” a – trueb – false | b – false |
Shakespeare uses contractions in his lines in order to keep the pentameter intact. a – true b – false | a – true |
Sometimes shakespeare asks us to pronounce the “ed” of a word in the past tense, for example, because it helps the reader recognize the difference between male and female. a – true b – false | b – false |
“opening on neptune with fair blessed beams…” contains an example of a – rhymeb – allusionc – metaphord – sentimentality | b – allusion |
most of this scene is comprised of the performance of the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe. What makes the tragedy “comic’ for the noble audience on stage?a – the actors are very talented and intentionally slip comedic scenes into the tragedyb – the actors have changed the script and tuned it into a comedyc – the actors are good and like to laugh a lotd – the actors are so bad at that it is unintentionally funny | d – the actors are so bad at that it is unintentionally funny |
why hermia and lysander sleep so far apart?a – hermia’s is afraid of lysanderb – hermia does not trust lysanderc – hermia wants to preserve her modesty until she is marriedd – hermia does not want anyone to see her sleeping close to lysander | c – hermia wants to preserve her modesty until she is married |
what can you infer about the sizes of Helena and Hermia based on the descriptions?a – hermia is tall and helena is shortb – hermia is tall and helena is tallc – hermis is short and helena is shortd – hermia is short and helena is tall | d – hermia is short and helena is tall |
another name for puck is a – robin straveling B – robin goodfellowc – robin williamsd – robin hood | b – robin goodfellow |
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