A Midsummer Night's Dream

Question 1

What is Pyramus and Thisbe about?

Accepted Answer

Two lovers who are destined for tragedy.

Question 2

What did Demetrius do to Helena?

Accepted Answer

Made her fall in love with him and then rejected her.

Question 3

Why is Helena upset when both Lysander and Demetrius say they love her?

Accepted Answer

She thinks they are mocking her.

Question 4

What is the big mistake that Puck makes?

Accepted Answer

He puts the juice on Lysander's eyes by mistake.

Question 5

What are Theseus and Hippolyta discussing at the opening of the play?

Accepted Answer

Their upcoming marriage

Question 6

Select all the quotes that Lysander says about Helena. (There are 3)

Accepted Answer

"Reason says you are the worthier maid.", "Who will not change a raven for a dove?", "And run through fire I will for thy sweet sake."

Question 7

Which two of these are effects of Titania and Oberon's fighting?

Accepted Answer

The four seasons have all switched places., The wind is making fog rise from the sea.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of Titania's fairies?

Accepted Answer

Moonbeam

Question 9

Which two of these are facts about the magical flower?

Accepted Answer

It is called "love-in-idleness"., It is purple.

Question 10

How do the other Mechanicals react to Bottom's transformation?

Accepted Answer

They run away

Question 11

What part does Snug play in 'Pyramus and Thisbe'?

Accepted Answer

The Lion

Question 12

Why does Hermia yell at Demetrius?

Accepted Answer

She believes he killed Lysander in his sleep.

Question 13

What does the quote mean? "Now I perceive that she hath made compare between our statures."

Accepted Answer

"She is comparing our difference in height."

Question 14

Why are Titania and Oberon fighting?

Accepted Answer

Oberon wants Titania to give him a changeling child.

Question 15

What is the first thing Titania says to Bottom?

Accepted Answer

"What angel wakes me from this flowery bed?"

Question 16

while they are wandering in the woods, what does Demetrius threaten to do to Helena?

Accepted Answer

Leave her to the mercy of wild animals.

Question 17

Why is Egeus angry at Hermia?

Accepted Answer

She won't marry the man he chose for her.

Question 18

What is feminism?

Accepted Answer

The belief that men and women should have equal rights.

Question 19

Why do the Mechanicals feel the need to explain the lion?

Accepted Answer

They are worried he will scare the women in the audience.

Question 20

Why did Lysander and Hermia tell Helena their plans?

Accepted Answer

She is Hermia's best friend and they trust her.

Question 21

what does Oberon ask puck to do with the flower?

Accepted Answer

Put the juice on Demetrius' eyes.

Question 22

Bonus: Three of Uranus' moons are named after characters from the play.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Bonus: The word "Midsummer" is not mentioned even once in the play, except for the title.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

What is the last line of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Accepted Answer

"Robin shall restore amends"

Question 25

What is Nick Bottom's job?

Accepted Answer

He is a weaver.

Question 26

Which other Shakespeare play is loosely based on Pyramus and Thisbe?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Question 27

How does Egeus react to seeing the couples together at the end of the play.

Accepted Answer

He demands that they all be punished.

Question 28

What is Puck's full name?

Accepted Answer

Robin Goodfellow

Question 29

What do Oberon and Titania do at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Accepted Answer

Bless the marriages that have just taken place.

Question 30

Select all of the insults that Helena uses against Hermia. (3 in total)

Accepted Answer

"Injurious Hermia!", "Most ungrateful maid!", "You counterfeit, you puppet, you!"

Question 31

What is the result of Oberon's trick on Titania?

Accepted Answer

She gives him the Indian boy so he removes the spell.

Question 32

What happens at the end of Pyramus and Thisbe?

Accepted Answer

Both of them die.

Question 33

Bonus: Which of these films was inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Accepted Answer

Die Hard

Question 34

Who is in love with whom at the end of the play? (Select all correct answers)

Accepted Answer

Titania and Oberon, Helena and Demetrius, Lysander and Hermia

Question 35

What is Oberon's reaction to Puck's mistake?

Accepted Answer

He tells Puck to fix it.

Question 36

How does Puck get all the Athenians to settle down.

Accepted Answer

He pretends to be them in order to wear them out.

Question 37

What does "tedious and brief" mean?

Accepted Answer

Boring and short

Question 38

Which Mechanical plays Thisbe?

Accepted Answer

Flute

Question 39

Pick a quote which proves Hermia is a feminist.

Accepted Answer

"I would my father looked but with my eyes"

Question 40

What is Puck's final message?

Accepted Answer

To think of the whole play as a dream.

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