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Acts 1-3.
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Why has Egeus come to see Theseus?
a) His daughter refuses to act as Hippolyta's lady in waiting.
b) His daughter won't marry the man he wants her to marry.
c) His daughter refuses to attend Theseus's wedding.
d) His daughter wants to perform in the entertainments planned for Theseus's wedding.
What is the name of the play to be performed?
a) The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe
b) The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Lysander and Hermia
c) A Midsummer Night's Dream
d) The Twisted Tale and Lamentable Woes of Athenian Lovers
What does Oberon realize when he sees Hermia and Demetrius in the clearing?
a) That Puck has given the love potion to the wrong woman
b) That Puck has given the love potion to the wrong man
c) That Puck has used up all of the love potion
d) That Puck has used up all of the love potion
What does Hermia think Helena used to lure Lysander?
a) A fairy potion
b) Her beauty
c) Her fair hair
d) Her height
Why does Quince have trouble conducting the meeting?
a) Because he can't remember why the men have gathered at his house
b) Because he has fallen in love with Theseus's fiance
c) Because Bottom keeps interrupting him
d) Because he thinks it's a bad idea for the men to perform at the wedding
How does Bottom react to Titania's behavior?
a) He fears it won't last.
b) He wishes she would leave him alone.
c) He accepts it as perfectly natural.
d) He wonders about her motives.
What is the purpose of the prologue written by the craftsmen for their play?
a) To explain that the lion isn't really a loin, the sword isnt really a sword, and no one really dies
b) To commend Theseus and Hippolyta on their wedding day
c) To beg the audience to forgive the craftsmen's lack of experience as actors
d) To explain the play's plot and main themes
Why must the fairy servants keep Oberon and Titania separated?
a) Because it's bad luck for them to see one another on the night before their wedding
b) Because they've fallen out of love
c) Because they've fallen out of love
d) Because Oberon has rejected Titania for Hermia
The Play is set in which Greek city?
a) Corinth
b) Athens
c) Sparta
d) Rome
Why are Lysander and Hermia sleeping apart?
a) They had a fight.
b) Hermia wants this because they are not yet married.
c) Lysander doesn't want to offend the fairies.
d) They need to keep watch for Demetrius and Helena.
Who was turned into a donkey?
a) Snout
b) Flute
c) Bottom
d) Quince
What third option does Theseus offers Helena, other than marrying Demetrius or being executed?
a) A nunnery
b) A place in the mountains
c) A job
d)
How do Snout and Bottom decide to keep from frightening the women with Snug playing the lion?
a) They take the lion out of the play.
b) They decide Snug should take the lion's mask off and give a prologue explaining Snug is a person.
c) They give the lion a speaking part so that people know he's a person.
d) They take the audience to the zoo and show everyone that lions are nice.
Why did Bottom look at the calendar when the tradesmen were practicing the play?
a) He wanted to plan what day to have the play.
b) He forgot what day it was.
c) He wanted to see if there would be moonlight.
d) He wanted to schedule a tanning appointment before the play.
Helena thinks Lysander and Demetrius and really in love with her.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Helena fights with Hermia because she thinks Hermia is in on the joke.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Why does Puck put flower juice in Lysander's eyes?
a) Oberon told him to.
b) He thought Lysander was Demetrius.
c) He doesn't think Lysander and Hermia belong together.
d) Titania told him to.
Puck turns Oberon into a donkey.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Oberon puts flower juice on Titania's eyes so that he can take her servant boy.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Puck pretends to be Lysander and Demetrius in the woods.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
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