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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which two characters are planning to get married and have their wedding in four days at the very start of the play?
Hermia & Lysander
Hermia & Demetrius
Oberon & Titania
Theseus & Hippolyta
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which character insists that his daughter marry the man of HIS choosing.
Egeus
Theseus
Demetrius
Oberon
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which character is in love with another character, who does not love her back?
Titania
Helena
Hermia
Robin
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which character adopted a young Indian boy?
Oberon
Hermia
Quince
Titania
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which characters plan to meet in the woods?
Theseus & Hippolyta
Hermia & Lysander
Egeus & Theseus
Demetrius & Titania
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which characters have an "unfaithful" marriage and fight all the time?
Oberon & Titania
Theseus & Hippolyta
Hermia & Lysander
Egeus & his wife (Hermia's mother)
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which character is considered a "mischievous" fairy.
Robin
Hermia
Quince
Titania
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which character feels like he can play ANY part in a play?
Quince
Oberon
Bottom
Flute
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which character is openly jealous of Hermia?
Lysander
Helena
Titania
Demetrius
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which characters receive the "love drops" on their eyelids from the flower?
Titania & Lysander
Hippolyta & Demetrius
Lysander & Hermia
Oberon & Robin
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which character is Oberon describing when he tells Puck the man is in "Athenian clothes?"
Demetrius
Lysander
Egeus
Theseus
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which characters plan to run away to get married?
Lysander & Helena
Theseus & Hippolyta
Hermia & Lysander
Lysander & Hippolyta
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which character is the Fairy King?
Theseus
Oberon
Bottom
Egeus
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which character is the Duke of Athens?
Oberon
Egeus
Theseus
Demetrius
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which character does Lysander fall for after receiving the "love drops" on his eyelids?
Hermia
Hippolyta
Helena
Titania
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an option for Hermia according to the duke of Athens?
Marry Demetrius
Become a nun
DIE!
Run away
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why are Oberon and Titania "fighting?"
Both were unfaithful in their marriage.
They have different plans for the Indian boy.
Oberon loves another woman.
Titania is jealous of Robin.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why does Oberon put "love drops" on Titania's eyelids?
To make her love him since they've been fighting
To make her love someone terrible, so he can "undo" it and ask for the Indian boy in return
To get revenge on her for kidnapping an Indian boy
To make her fall in love with Bottom because he knows she loves him
- 19. Multiple Choice
How does Helena respond when Lysander says he loves her?
She is honored that someone would love her since she is so ugly.
She is upset because she thinks Lysander is making fun of her.
She says she loves him too and that they should get married.
She is upset because she knows he loves Hippolyta.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Why are Quince and the actors putting on a play?
To celebrate Lysander and Hermia's wedding
Because they are poor, and it is their job
To celebrate Theseus & Hippolyta's wedding
To celebrate the duke and duchess's anniversary
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which two characters are acting the parts of Pyramus and Thisbe in the play?
Bottom and Flute
Lysander and Hermia
Demetrius and Lysander
Helena and Demetrius
- 22. Multiple Choice
What kind of animal is Bottom transformed into?
Horse
Parrot
Donkey
Duck
- 23. Multiple Choice
After receiving the "love drops," what two characters fall in love with Helena.
Lysander and Bottom
Bottom and Flute
Demetrius and Lysander
Theseus and Oberon
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why do Demetrius and Lysander want to fight each other after receiving the "love drops?"
Because they have both fallen in love with Helena
Because they have always hated each other
Because Demetrius stole Lysander's sword
Because they have both fallen in love with Robin
- 25. Multiple Choice
After the spell from the "love drops" wear off, which couples are to be married?
Theseus and Hippolyta
Lysander and Hermia
Demetrius and Helena
All of the Above
- 26. Multiple Choice
The setting of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is in ...........
Venice
Rome
London
Athens
- 27. Multiple Choice
According to the law at that time.........
a father chose who his daughter must marry.
a girl could marry whomever she wanted.
a father could make his daughter become a nun.
a girl had to listen to her father or be killed.
- 28. Multiple Choice
Puck plays a trick on the human when he ........
puts love drops in their eyes
turns Nick Bottom's head into a donkey's head
causes both Lysander and Demetrius to love Helena.
all of the above.
- 29. Multiple Choice
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a
comedy
tragedy
history
sonnet
- 30. Multiple Choice
What remedy corrects the cross-loved couples?
the aroma from the woods clears their senses
Oberon confronts them and tells them what happened
Puck puts the potion in Lysander's eyes so he'll love Hermia again
one of the craftsmen plays a tune that secretly tells who their true loves are
- 31. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the conflict that sets in motion the plot of the play?
It is an internal conflict between Hermia and her conscience regarding whether or not she should obey her father's wish.
It is an external conflict between Hermia and the law of Athens regarding the father's right to choose the daughter's husband.
It is an external conflict between Demetrius and Lysander.
It is an external conflict between Helena and Demetrius about their being a couple.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Choose the most accurate restatement of the lines below, spoken by Hermia:
Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man,
That I did never, no, nor never can
Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye.
But you must flout my insufficiency?"
It is not enought that I don't deserve Demetrius. Why do you have to show off that you are successful in love?
Even though Demetrius will never look at me sweetly as I would like him to do, you don't have to pretend you love me.
Isn't it bad enough that Demetrius doesn't love me? Must you mock my lack of appeal?
Isn't it bad enough that Demetrius is never happy to see me? Do you have to scold me for not making me happy?
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which of the paraphrases below is the best restatement of the following lines? Theseus:
"I must confess that I have heard so much,
And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof;
But being overfull of self-affairs; My mind did lose it."
I had heard about that and should have spoken to Demetrius, but I was so busy that I forgot.
I regret that I have not spoken to Demetrius about his selfishness, but I forgot.
I have heard too much about Demetrius' thoughts, and I'm too busy to remember them.
I have heard interesting things about Demetrius' thought, but he is so busy that I haven't been able to satisfy my curiosity by speaking to him.
- 34. Multiple Choice
soliloquy
A comparison using Like or As
A long speech by one actor in a play
when a character speaks to him- or herself in a play
- 35. Multiple Choice
Monologue
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
When a character speaks to him or herself in a play
A comparison not using like or as
A long speech by one actor in a play
- 36. Multiple Choice
Imagery
a comparison using like or as
visually descriptive or figurative language
when a character speaks to him or herself in a play
giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing
- 37. Multiple Choice
Protagonist
a comparison using like or as
the leading character in a drama
the villain in a drama
visually descriptive or figurative language
- 38. Multiple Choice
foil
A character who contrasts another character
What you use to wrap your leftover food in.
the character in a story that is against the protagonist.
visually descriptive language
- 39. Multiple Choice
Similie
a comparison using like or as
a comparison not using like or as
visually descriptive language
In a play where the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sadness, especially as a result of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with poor circumstances
- 40. Multiple Choice
metaphor
a comparison using like or as
a comparison not using like or as
In a play where the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sadness, especially as a result of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with poor circumstances
visually descriptive language
- 41. Multiple Choice
Helena is speaking to Demetrius when she says..." I am as ugly as a bear. For beasts that meet me run away for fear." What form of figurative language is Helena using?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Malapropism
Simile
- 42. Fill in the Blank
There are three groups of _______________ : The Athenians, Fairies and Mechanicals.
- 43. Fill in the Blank
A character that changes is called a ____________ character?
- 44. Fill in the Blank
A character that stays the same throughout is called a _____________ character.
- 45. Multiple Choice
What are the key themes in the play?
Love, marriage, magic and disguise
Love, magic, hate and travel
Love, magic, marriage and hate
- 46. Open Ended
What is the key message of the play? What did Shakespeare want his audience to take away from the play?
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