Who is Queen Hippolyta?

Ruler of the Amazon warrior women.

He does not approve of his daughter Hermia loving Lysander.

Why is the craftsmen's choice of play ironic?

They picked a tragedy for a wedding.

Why does Bottom think his friends ran away?

To play a joke on him / make a fool of him.

After Henry VIII dies, and his son Edward dies, who takes the throne next?

Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon

Why does Puck mistake Lysander for Demetrius?

They both wear Athenian clothing.

Why is Theseus suspicious of the four lovers' accounts of the woods?

Lovers, poets, and madmen have wild imaginations.

What's the craftsmen's solution for wanting a moon and wall on stage?

Having men play the moon and a wall.

What reason does Lysander give for not being able to trust Demetrius?

He once professed love for Helena.

What is Theseus most famous for in Greek mythology?

Killing the Minotaur in the labyrinth

She loves Demetrius, but he loves Hermia.

What does it mean when Helena says, "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."

We sometimes see what we want to see when we're in love.

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1
With little or no preparation or forethought; ad lib.
Austerity
Iambic Pentameter
Abjure
Extempore
2
Why does Pyramus think Thisby is dead?
The lion told him.
A note.
A bloody handkerchief
He finds her body.
3
How did love-in-idleness gain its love potion powers?
Puck put the magic in the flowers.
Mario used it to gain fireball-shooting powers.
Oberon and Titania did it.
Cupid's arrow hit it.
4
Which important figure in the protestant reformation was a German monk and theologian?
Nick Bottom
King Henry VIII
Sigemund
Martin Luther
5
A play presenting -- in actions, gestures, and dialogue -- a narrative involving conflict.
Extempore
Austerity
Drama
Abjure
6
Who is Queen Hippolyta?
Ruler of the fairies.
Ruler of the Amazon warrior women.
Ruler of the Amazon package deliverers.
Slayer of the Minotaur in Minos' labyrinth.
7
Why is Egeus angry?
He is prejudiced against Hippolyta for being an Amazonian.
He does not approve of his daughter Hermia loving Lysander.
He does not approve of Oberon and Titania sleeping around.
He wanted a tragedy at Duke Theseus' wedding.
8
in separate parts or pieces
Chide
Asunder
Beguile
Adamant
9
Why is the craftsmen's choice of play ironic?
They picked a comedy for a wedding.
They picked a tragedy for a wedding.
They picked an action/thriller for a wedding.
The duke isn't actually getting married.
10
What do Oberon and Titania do after the potion has been cured?
Farm love-in-idleness for profit.
Kill Bottom.
Apologize to the farmers.
Attend Theseus' wedding.
11
Why does Bottom think his friends ran away?
They were afraid of the fairies.
To play a joke on him / make a fool of him.
Because of his donkey head.
They were scared of his realistic lion roar.
12
To express a negative opinion of.
Entice
Adamant
Enthrall
Disparage
13
To lead on by way of exciting hope or desire; allure; excite.
Entice
Asaturder
Adamant
Asunder
14
What option do Hermia and Lysander choose?
Eloping / running away.
Marrying Demetrius.
Death.
Nun.
15
What does Bottom believe will be too realistic for the audience?
The man in a lion suit.
The violence with fake swords.
Both of these.
Neither of these.
16
What were some of Elizabeth I's major / influential actions?
Funding / sponsoring William Shakespeare.
Defeating the Spanish Armada.
All of these.
Maintaining England's separation from the Catholic Church.
17
Puck curses Bottom with what?
A donkey's head.
A penguin's happy feet.
A zebra's stripes.
An elephant's trunk.
18
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem. Being hard or stubborn.
Beguile
Asunder
Adamant
Chide
19
After Henry VIII dies, and his son Edward dies, who takes the throne next?
Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon
Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn
Hippolyta of the Amazons
Queen Nefertiti
20
Why does Puck mistake Lysander for Demetrius?
He had a donkey's head on.
Puck is not mistaken; he does it on purpose as a prank.
They switched name tags.
They both wear Athenian clothing.
21
What play do the craftsmen wish to perform for the duke's wedding?
Romeo and Juliet
Phantom of the Opera
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pyramus and Thisby
22
Self-denial, especially refraining from worldly pleasures.
Austerity
Comedy
Drama
Abjure
23
Why is Theseus suspicious of the four lovers' accounts of the woods?
Theseus is really Egeus in disguise.
Lovers are stupid-heads.
Lovers, poets, and madmen have wild imaginations.
Theseus read the script.
24
What's the craftsmen's solution for wanting a moon and wall on stage?
Mooning the audience.
Building fancy props and sets.
Having men play the moon and a wall.
Setting it during the day in an open-concept house.
25
What part does Bottom want to play?
Just the lion's part, for he is slow of study.
He isn't even in the play.
All of them
None of them
26
What meter are most of Shakespeare's plays and poems written in?
5, 7, 5
Dactylic Hexameter
Terza Rima
Iambic Pentameter
27
To hold spellbound, captivate, charm.
Asunder
Impeach
Enthrall
Adamant
28
How many syllables are in one line of iambic pentameter?
No syllables.
Six syllables.
Five syllables.
Ten syllables.
29
What does Oberon get from Titania while she's enchanted and in love with Bottom?
The changeling child.
The sex.
More flowers.
Money.
30
Which genre of Shakespearean drama has many characters, complex plot, and ends in a wedding?
Comedy
History
Tragedy
Cyberpunk
31
What happens when Helena wakes Lysander up?
Lysander loves Demetrius.
Lysander dies.
Lysander loves Hermia.
Lysander loves Helena.
32
To accuse of misconduct.
Entice
Asunder
Enthrall
Impeach
33
Who does Titania fall in love with, because of the potion?
Bottom
Oberon
Hermia
Helena
34
Written with special attention to the sound and rhythm of the language; NOT natural speech.
Extempore
Verse
Vexation
Prose
35
What reason does Lysander give for not being able to trust Demetrius?
He gave kisses to Lady Bertilak.
He once copied a DVD.
He once professed love for Helena.
He's not human; he's really a fairy in disguise.
36
What is Theseus most famous for in Greek mythology?
Performing twelve labors.
Inventing the Trojan Horse
Obtaining the Golden Fleece
Killing the Minotaur in the labyrinth
37
What's strange about the way Theseus and Hippolyta met?
They've never met before. It's an arranged marriage.
They met at Starbucks.
They met in battle.
They met in high school.
38
Anger produced by some annoying irritation.
Extemporation
Vexation
Abjuration
Austeration
39
Where is A Midsummer Night's Dream set?
Ur, Ancient Sumeria
Heorot, Ancient Denmark
Athens, Ancient Greece
Rome, Ancient Italy
40
Any work of art or literature set in an idealized countryside.
Vexation
Extempore
Pastoral
Abjure
41
What is this sentence missing? "The bacon chili cheeseburger."
Nothing.
A Subject
A Verb
Both
42
Why is Titania unwilling to give up her changeling child to Oberon?
She's already named it.
Five second rule.
She knew the mother.
She is the biological mother.
43
This movement is characterized by a break from the Catholic church to form other churches.
The Protestant Reformation
The Puritan Revolution
World War II
Humanism
44
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief.
Drama
Comedy
Austerity
Abjure
45
Why is Helena upset?
She loves Lysander, but he loves Hermia.
She loves Demetrius, but he loves Hermia.
She loves Hermia, but she loves Lysander.
Her father does not approve of her love to Lysander.
46
Who ruled after Mary, and was considered one of England's most successful monarchs?
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
James I
Charles I
47
What does it mean when Helena says, "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
She's asking for 3.50
We sometimes see what we want to see when we're in love.
Love uses psychic powers.
We see every flaw when we're in love.
48
To censure or scold severely.
Chide
Asunder
Adamant
Beguile
49
Why does Oberon put love potion on Titania?
Revenge.
To get the changeling child.
Both of these reasons.
Neither of these reasons.
50
Is this a sentence or a fragment? "I like cheese."
Fragment
Sentence
51
Who overthrew the monarchs and ruled England for eleven years?
The Lutherans
The Puritans
The Presbyterians
The Quakers
52
Why are Oberon and Titania arguing?
They're angry about everyone assuming all fairies are small.
They hate the craftsmen's choice of play for the wedding.
They both want the changeling child.
They don't approve of Hermia loving Lysander.
53
This movement is characterized by an emphasis on learning and the Greek and Roman classics.
The Black Plague
The Protestant Reformation
The Puritan Revolution
Humanism
54
Why is Queen Mary sometimes called Bloody Mary?
She had hundreds of protestants killed to get back at daddy.
She loved tomato-juice based drinks.
If you say her name three times into a mirror, she gets you.
She had frequent bloody noses and open wounds or sores.
55
Why are the craftsmen gathered at Peter Quince's house?
To wrap presents.
To organize a play for the Duke's wedding.
To stop Hermia and Lysander from eloping.
To have an alcoholics anonymous intervention for Bottom.
56
What is this sentence missing? "Jumped in the river."
A Subject
Both
Nothing
A Verb
57
Who speaks the last lines of the play?
Puck
Mr. Valentine
Titania
Oberon
58
What does Helena think of Lysander and Demetrius' professions of love for her?
She thinks it's a cruel joke.
She accepts them both.
She believes them.
She's annoyed at the donkey noises they make.
59
How is Hermia's dream symbolic of what's happening to her?
Like the serpent, a magical trick has stolen her heart/love.
She fell down, like in the falling dream.
Like the serpent, Lysander now loves a literal snake.
She dreamed that the Green Knight was going to get her.
60
How will Snug keep the ladies from being afraid of his lion act?
Neither of these.
Explain that he is a man.
Both of these.
Show half his face.
61
What does Theseus decide after he finds the lovers near the forest?
To have them executed.
To pretend he didn't see them.
To let them be married at his wedding too.
To have them all become nuns.
62
Who was Henry VIII's first wife, formerly his brother's widow?
Anne Boleyn
Hippolyta
Catherine Howard
Catherine of Aragon
63
How did the printing press help increase learning and literacy?
Cheaper books.
Fewer books.
More books.
Both more and cheaper books.
64
How many wives did King Henry VIII have?
Six.
10,191
One.
Three.
65
Why did Henry VIII break with the Catholic church?
He wanted a divorce from his wife, Catherine.
He didn't like the music.
He wanted to sleep in on Sundays.
The priest gave him too much penance at confession.
66
What element of nature will Puck use to confuse the four lovers at the end of Act III?
Hail
Rain
Fog
Volcanoes
67
What does Demetrius threaten Helena with?
All three.
Wild Beasts.
Rape.
Mischief.
68
What are indulgences?
Delicious high-calorie snacks and desserts.
Reading only the Bible, not the church teachings.
Paying money for the forgiveness of sins.
Needing faith alone to be forgiven.
69
How did Philostrate do at his job?
All the plays he picked are tragedies.
All the plays he picked are documentaries.
All the plays he picked are musicals.
All the plays he picked are comedies.
70
What are Hermia's legal options?
Marry Demetrius
Become a nun
All three
Die
71
Which genre of Shakespearean drama has one noble character with one big flaw and ends in death.
Tragedy
Comedy
History
Steampunk
72
What did Johann Gutenberg invent?
The Computer
In-door Plumbing
The Typewriter
The Printing Press
73
What does Bottom ask the fairies to do?
Scratch his head.
Shave his head.
Kill Oberon
Turn him human.
74
Is this a sentence or a fragment? "When I ate the cheese."
Sentence
Fragment
75
Why does Quince want to rehearse in the forest at night?
They've been banished / exiled.
To catch Lysander and Hermia.
For the fairies to see.
Privacy
76
How long from the beginning of the play until Theseus and Hippolyta are married?
Four days.
A year and a day.
They were married before the beginning of the play.
One day.
77
How does Oberon feel about Puck's mistake?
He feels nothing.
He kills Puck.
He's happy.
He's angry.
78
What is the name of the magical flower?
Rose
Love-in-Laziness
Love-in-Idleness
Love Potion #9
79
Why is Snug happy about playing the lion?
Because he has a beard coming.
He's a avid lion enthusiast.
He wants to maul the members of the audience.
The lion has no lines to memorize; he only roars.
80
What is a changeling?
A werewolf.
Someone who changes his / her name to Ling.
A servant who changes the bedding.
A child abducted by fairies, or the fake child left behind.
81
Martin Luther's document of protests was called the ________ .
Bill of Rights
10 Things I Hate About You
95 Theses
Magna Carta
82
To attract or cause to be enamored by.
Chide
Asunder
Beguile
Adamant
83
What word does Bottom misspeak, and what did he mean to say?
Detour, Devil
Deflower, Detulip
Devour, Detour
Deflower, Devour
84
What is the love potion made of?
Flowers.
A hair of the one you want to fall in love with.
Eye of newt.
Unicorn's horn.
85
The act of treating with contempt
Adamant
Asunder
Beguile
Derision
86
The historical and literary period immediately after the Later Middle Ages is the _________ .
Early Middle Ages
Renaissance
The Age of Reason
The Romantic Period

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