In what year was Shakespeare born? | 1564 |
How many Acts are in William Shakespeare’s plays? | 5 |
Where was William Shakespeare born? | Stratford-upon-Avon |
Shakespeare was the father of how many children? | 3 |
In what year did Shakespeare die? | 1616 |
What character complains about his daughter’s choice of husband in the beginning of the story? | Egeus |
What city does this story take place in? | Athens |
What type of plant was used to put magic in characters’ eyes? | Flower |
How did Bottom act during rehearsals for the play? | Nervous but confident |
Who was still under the power of the magic even at the end of the story? | Demetrius |
Who is chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play? | Snug |
Which of the young Athenians is first affected by the love potion? | Lysander |
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 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 |
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 |
Directions: Identify which character says the following quote: Full of vexation come I, with complaint/ Against my child, my daughter Hermia. | Egeus |
Directions: Identify which character says the following quote:I will go tell him of fair Hermia’s flight. | Helena |
Directions: Identify which character says the following quote:”The course of true love never did run smooth.” | Lysander |
Directions: Identify which character says the following quote: Lord, what fools these mortals be! | Puck |
Directions: Identify which character says the following quote: I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me; to fright me, if they could. But I will not stir… | Bottom |
True or False:Most of the action of the play takes place in Theseus’ palace. | False |
True or False:Bottom was turned into a Donkey in order for Oberon to get the boy from Titania. | False |
True or False:Thisbe is the male character in the play, Pyramus and Thisbe. | False |
True or False: Snug played the wall in, Pyramus and Thisbe. | False, Snug was the Lion |
True or False: The actors were at Quince’s house whenever they got their parts. | True |
True or False: Demetrius wanted to marry Helena from the beginning. | False |
True or False: Titania is Oberon’s wife. | True |
True or False: When Bottom turns into a donkey all of his friends laugh at him. | False |
True or False: All of Titania’s fairies were scared of Bottom. | False |
True or False:The lion ate Thisbe’s hat in the play, Pyramus and Thisbe. | False |
True or False: Theseus and Hippolyta get married at the end of the play. | True |
True or False: Egeus is the one that allows the 4 lovers to get married. | False |
True or False: Puck liked to play tricks on people. | True |
True or False: The wall had a hole in it so that dynamite could be put in it. | False… that’s just silly |
True or False: Hermia always loved Lysander throughout the whole play. | True! |
The character that Egeus did not want to marry his daughter. | Lysander |
The character that always wanted to be center stage. | Bottom |
The character who accidently put the magic juice on Lysander instead of Demetrius. | Puck |
The character whose plan it was to use the magic juice in the first place. | Oberon |
Egeus’ daughter. | Hermia |
The man that killed himself because he thought his lover was eaten by a lion. | Pyramus |
Oberon was fighting with this person to get a boy to be his knight. | Titania |
She got mad at everyone because she thought they were playing a trick on her when they really were just under a magic spell. | Helena |
The character that was really nervous that he wouldn’t remember his lines in the play even though he didn’t have any lines. | Snug |
More questions to come | … |
Midsummer Night’s Dream review
July 24, 2019