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Background of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Background of A Midsummer Night's Dream
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midsummer night's dream background
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1
How will Hermia be punished if she does not marry Demetrius?
Her father will disown her.
She will have to become a nun.
She will be thrown in jail.
She will be put to death.
2
What kind of play is
A Midsummer Night's Dream
?
a comedy
an epic
a tragedy
a tragicomedy
3
Which two words best summarize the main themes presented in the play.
hate and betrayal
love and magic
art and astrology
4
When was A Midsummer Night's Dream written?
between 1490 and 1497
between 1590 and 1597
between 1690 and 1697
5
The acting troupe in the play is known as the Rude ___________.
Tentacles
Mechanicals
Insanicals
Botanicals
6
What happens to the couples at the end of the play?
they die
they are banished
they elope
they get married
7
Where does the love potion come from?
lightning
a tree
a magician
a flower
8
Which of the following groups is NOT in the play?
the Athenians
the Rude Mechanicals
the Londoners
the fairies
9
Whom does Titania see first after being dosed with the love potion?
Lysander
Oberon
Bottom (with donkey head)
Bottom (without donkey head)
10
Some scenes are written in verse known as rhyming _________
couplets
duplets
poems
pentameters
11
What are the king and queen of the fairies arguing over?
a magic spell
a boy
a fairy
a unicorn
12
Which is NOT a character in the play?
Puck
Pistol
Snug
Lysander
13
Puck changes Bottom into a...
donkey
wolf
horse
bunny
14
Who is the King of the Fairies?
Oberon
Lysander
Titania
Puck
15
What other Shakespeare play was written the same year as A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
16
"The course of true love never did run smooth." What does this line mean?
Love is simple
Love will set you free.
Finding true love is never easy.
Stay on the course
17
Who delivers the last lines of the play?
Puck
Hermia
Oberon
Nick Bottom
18
What is the name of the theater in London in which Shakespeare's plays were performed?
The Globe
The Stage
The Groundling
The Phoenix
19
What is the name of the play that the Rude Mechanicals rehearse and perform?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Romeo and Juliet
Kurt and Courtney
Sid and Nancy
20
What is the setting of the play?
London, England
Athens, Greece
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
