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Midsummer Night's Dream Quiz
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The Duke of Athens is
Demetrius
Theseus
Lysander
Oberon
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ACT 1: Why did Egeus talk to Theseus about his daughter, Hermia?
Egeus wants Hermia to marry Lysander; she refuses.
Helena and Lysander ran away; Egeus wants them dead.
Helena and Demetrius ran away; Egeus wants them dead.
Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demeterius; she refuses.
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ACT 2: What is happening between Oberon and Titania?
They're getting married because they're in love.
They're fighting because Titania stole a boy and won't share.
They're fighting because Titania is in love with Nick Bottom.
They're fighting because Oberon is in love with Helena.
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Puck uses the magical power of what to trick the lovers?
Cupid's Arrow
Fairy Dust
A Flower
Donkeys
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How does the play end?
The fairies bless everyone
They all watch Pyramus and Thisbe
All the lovers get married at Theseus' Wedding
All of the above
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T or F: Oberon is happy with the confusion that arises after Puck's mistake
False
True
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In the end, Lysander loves
Demetrius
Hermia
Helena
Hippolyta
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A phrase using one or more senses to describe something
Sensory
Simile
Metaphor
Figurative
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ACT 1: What is Lysander's plan?
He and Hermia will make Theseus fall in love.
He and Hermia will run away from Athens.
He and Hermia will get married in the woods outside Athens.
He and Hermia will ask Titania for help.
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A tragedy typically ends badly for the characters. In Shakespeare's time, what did a tragedy ALWAYS have to end with?
An epilogue.
A marriage.
An epic fight.
A death.
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A punctuation mark that separates ideas, pauses, and list things in sentences
Conflict
Bewitch
Contagious
Comma
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ACT 5: Why would Shakespeare write a whole play (Pyramus and Thisbe) within this play?
To make fun of himself and the whole acting process.
To show how stupid Bottom is compared to Shakespeare.
To please Queen Elizabeth.
To show how hard it is to write a play.
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ACT 3: What does Puck ***NOT*** do to resolve the messed-up situation?
He mimics Lysander and Demetrius to lead them astray.
He puts juice from a white flower on Lysander's eyes.
He puts juice from a white flower on Demetrius' eyes.
He makes it so foggy, no one can see.
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Who wrote "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
Jack London
William Goulding
William Shakespeare
Willy Wonka
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ACT 1: Which part does Nick Bottom want to play?
Thisbe.
The lion.
Pyramus.
Theseus.
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A comedy typically ends happily. In Shakespeare's time, what did a comedy ALWAYS have to end with?
A death.
A marriage.
An epic fight.
An epilogue.
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ACT 2: How does Helena react to Lysander's love for her when he awakens?
She falls in love with him, even though he's a donkey.
She thinks he's playing a cruel joke on her.
She wants him to sleep father away to protect her purity.
She is attracted to him but doesn't kiss him.
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Pyramus and Thisbe is an extended metaphor for
Love
Hate
Friendship
Jealously
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Why does Quince tell the whole story in the Prologue, which is just supposed to be introduction?
Because he wants to play all the parts and do everything.
Back then, the Prologue was supposed to be like that.
He is really excited about the story and tells it all.
The ladies won't be scared, so they won't be hanged.
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ACT 1: Hermia is in love with....
Lysander
Oberon
Demetrius
Theseus
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ACT 4: How do the actors feel about Bottom after they deserted him in the woods?
They are happy and wish he would stay gone forever.
They try to find someone to replace Pyramus in the play.
They wonder where he is and are scared.
They miss him and talk about what a great actor he is.
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A phrase that compares unlike things without "like" or "as" to show similarities.
Figurative
Simile
Sensory
Metaphor
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T or F: Lysander is left under the spell at the end of the play
False
True
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ACT 2: Why does Helena tell Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander's plan to elope?
She secretly loves Lysander and wants him for herself.
She hates Hermia and doesn't want her to be happy.
She is Hermia's friend and she thinks Hermia can do better.
She hopes that Demetrius will like her for helping him.
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ACT 2: Why does Oberon want to use the love flower to trick Titania into falling in love with an animal?
He will ask her to marry him before undoing the spell.
He will ask her to marry the animal before undoing the spell.
He will ask her to give him the boy before undoing the spell.
He will ask her to divorce him before undoing the spell.
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ACT 4: Who does Demetrius love when he wakes up?
Nobody
Lysander
Helena
Hermia
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ACT 3: What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?
Disobeying Theseus' orders.
Conspiring with Lysander to kill her.
Cheating on Helena.
Killing Lysander.
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ACT 3: How is Oberon planning on resolving this messed-up situation? He tells Puck to...
Kill Demetrius and put love juice on Lysander's eyes.
Put love juice on Nick Bottom's eyes.
Put love juice on Pyramus and Thisbe's eyes.
Put love juice on Lysander and Demetrius' eyes.
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Who Said It: "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended"
Demetrius
Oberon
Bottom
Puck
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ACT 3: How does Lysander treat Hermia? How does she react?
He says he loves her; she loves him back.
He says he hates her; she doesn't believe it.
He tries to run away from her; she chases him.
He says he's sorry but he's in love with Helena; she's sad.
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ACT 5: Why does Shakespeare add in humorous comments while the actors are performing the play?
He's trying to show us that the four lovers are mean.
The real audience is laughing along with the "fake" audience.
Because Pyramus and Thisbe is a comedy.
Because the play would be boring without it.
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The Amazon Queen is
Hippolyta
Helena
Titania
Hermia
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ACT 2: What does Oberon send Puck to find?
A purple flower hit by Cupid's arrow.
A pink flower kissed by Aphrodite.
A hat that will turn Titania into a donkey.
A white flower blessed by the goddess Diana.
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Oberon's wife is
Titania
Hermia
Hippolyta
Cobweb
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ACT 3: Bottom's friends flee him because
The actors see Oberon instead of Bottom.
The actors are tired of his egotistical nature.
The actors are playing a prank on Bottom.
The actors only see a man with a donkey's head.
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Peaseblossom and Cobweb are
Members of Titania's fairy band
Actors in Bottom's group
Members of Oberon's fairy band
Trying to run away from Athens
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Bottom's name is an example of
A Pun
Irony
A Metaphor
Sarcasm
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ACT 4: What does Oberon do to Titania?
He enchants Bottom so that he doesn't have a donkey's head.
He puts juice on her eyes to make her fall in love with him.
He forces her to give him the Indian boy.
He puts juice from the white flower on her eyes.
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Hermia's unwelcomed suitor and Helena's love
Lysander
Oberon
Puck
Demetrius
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ACT 5: Why does Theseus choose to watch The Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe?
He likes to watch Bottom and Quince on stage; he thinks they're funny.
The Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe is his favorite play.
Puck enchants him into choosing the play to help Bottom out.
He saw the other plays before and wants something simple.
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Is "A Midsummer Night's Dream" a tragedy or a comedy?
Tragedy
Comedy
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Speech that is spoken in an undertone not meant to be heard by all characters
Allusion
Aside
Soliloquy
Monologue
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ACT 3: What do Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena keep making fun of Hermia for?
How short she is.
How much of a tease she is.
How ugly she is.
How mean she is.
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ACT 3: How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself?
Pyramus will kill himself with a fake sword.
They've written a prologue that says none of this is real.
The lion will roar softly like a kitty cat.
They've re-written the play to be a romantic comedy.
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Nick Bottom is best described as
Smart
Arrogant
Smelly
Kind
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A phrase that compares unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Sensory
Metaphor
Figurative
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Peter Quince, Nick Bottom, Snug the joiner, Francis Flute, Robin Starveling, and Tom Snout perform which play?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Theseus and Hippolyta
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
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ACT 4: What is Theseus' decision concerning the four lovers?
Helena+Demetrius and Hermia+Lysander will marry with him.
Hermia+Demetrius and Helena+Lysander will marry next month.
He asks Hyppolytam and she tells him to let them go without marrying.
Hermia and Lysander are allowed to marry at his aunt's house
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A phrase that describes something by comparing it to something else.
Sensory
Figurative
Metaphor
Simile
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ACT 3: What are Demetrius and Lysander going off to do?
Fight to the death over Helena.
Go to Ninus and ask his permission to marry Hermia.
Find the love juice to use on Helena.
Fight to the death over Hermia.
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Many of the magical happenings take place when characters are
Talking
Sleeping
Fighting
Drunk
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Oberon's jester's name is:
Skunk
Cobweb
Robin Goodfellow
Peaseblossom
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ACT 1: Lysander is in love with...
Hippolyta
Helena
Hermia
Titania
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The King of Fairies is
Bottom
Puck
Theseus
Oberon
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ACT 4: What do Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius think about what happened last night?
They hope that they won't be executed for disobeying Theseus
They want to go live with Puck and the fairies.
They wish they could go back to the way things were.
They think it must be a dream.
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ACT 3: How does Helena react to Demetrius saying he's in love with her?
She thinks Demetrius, Lysander, and Hermia are pranking her.
She tries to run away from him because she doesn't like him.
She wants to fight Demetrius.
She is excited and loves him back.
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How does Helena respond to Demetrius' violent threats and verbal abuse?
She is sad first, but then she feels mad.
She's happy; any kind of negative attention is good.
She vows to keeps following him, even if he will kill her.
She tells Demetrius that Hermia doesn't love him.
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ACT 3: What does Hermia accuse Helena of?
Hurting her feelings just to spite her.
Killing Demetrius out of rage.
Playing a prank on her with Demetrius.
Seducing Lysander out of jealousy.
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In the end, Demetrius loves
Lysander
Hermia
Helena
Hippolyta
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ACT 1: Helena is in love with....
Lysander
Demetrius
Theseus
Oberon
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ACT 2: Why does Puck put the love juice on Lysander's eyes?
He forgot to put the love juice on Titania's eyes.
He saw an Athenian man sleeping and thought it was Demetrius
He is a mischievous creature who likes to mess things up.
Lysander and Helena together would solve Egeus' problem.
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ACT 3: What happens when Titania wakes up?
She gets angry at Oberon and curses him.
She gets Mustard and Cobweb to chase away Bottom.
She enchants Bottom into being her love slave.
She falls in love with Bottom.
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Act 2: What effect has Titania and Oberon's fight had on nature, on the seasons, on humans?
Everywhere is summer; humans are all falling in love.
Everywhere is winter; humans are cold and angry.
All the seasons are happening at the same time; humans are scared.
Everywhere is spring; humans are happy because they have lots of food.
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What is the purpose of Puck's final speech? How is it ironic, considering Quince's Prologue?
He says if you didn't like the play, it was all a dream.
He apologizes for everyone being such bad actors.
He explains the whole play, when we've just seen it.
He was Nick Bottom the whole time.
