Tuesday, 15 February 2022

The Mid-summer Night's Dream - a quiz

 

1. Who is chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play?

 

 

Bottom

 

Quince

 

Peaseblossom

 

Snug

 

2. Which of the young Athenians is first affected by the love potion?

 

 

Lysander

 

Helena

 

Hermia

 

Demetrius

 

3. Which man does Hermia’s father want her to marry?

 

 

Lysander

 

Demetrius

 

Theseus

 

Philostrate

4. Where do Lysander and Hermia plan to be married?

 

 

Theseus’s palace

 

Lysander’s aunt’s house

 

The temple of Diana

 

A forest glade

 

5. What part of her appearance does Hermia believe Helena has exploited to win Lysander’s love?

 

 

Her hair

 

Her face

 

Her height

 

Her legs

 

6. What does Oberon want that Titania refuses to give him?

 

 

Her attendant, an Indian prince

 

Her magic wand

 

Her maid-in-waiting

 

Her Love

 

7. Why does Pyramus, in the craftsmen’s play, kill himself?

 

 

Thisbe does not love him.

 

Thisbe has been killed by a lion.

 

Thisbe has been killed by her father.

 

Pyramus

 

8. Who brings the complaint against Hermia to Theseus in Act I?

 

 

Egeus

 

Bottom

 

Hippolyta

 

Demetrius

 

9. Of whom is Hippolyta the queen?

 

 

The Pygmies

 

The Centaurs

 

The Amazons

 

The Babylonians

 

10. How does Puck prevent Demetrius and Lysander from fighting?

 

 

By freezing them

 

By transforming their weapons to weeds

 

By squeezing the love potion onto their eyelids

 

By mimicking their voices and causing each to get lost in a separate part of the forest

 

11. Which of the women is afraid of fighting?

 

 

Hippolyta

 

Hermia

 

Titania

 

Helena

 

12. Whom does Demetrius love at the end of the play?

 

 

Titania

 

Hippolyta

 

Helena

 

Hermia

 

13. With whom does Titania fall in love in Act III?

 

 

Snug

 

Puck

 

Bottom

 

Mustardseed

 

14. What prank does Puck play on Bottom?

 

 

He transforms him into a bear.

 

He steals his clothes.

 

He changes his voice into that of a wood thrush.

 

He changes his head into that of an ass.

 

15. Who first thinks of using the love potion on Titania?

 

 

Puck

 

Oberon

 

Bottom

 

Cobweb

 

16. Who speaks with Titania’s quartet of attendants?

 

 

None of the human characters

 

All of the human characters

 

Only Demetrius and Lysander

 

Only Bottom

 

17. Why is the flower whose juice Oberon seeks special?

 

 

Titania has kissed it.

 

One of Cupid’s arrows struck it.

 

It was a traditional symbol of love in English folklore.

 

Fairies sleep in it.

 

18. Which of the craftsmen is in charge of the rehearsals?

 

 

Quince

 

Snout

 

Bottom

 

Starveling

 

19. In what year was Shakespeare born?

 

 

1563

 

1616

 

1564

 

1615

 

20. Who tells Demetrius that Lysander and Hermia are planning to elope?

 

 

Hermia

 

Flute

 

Puck

 

Helena

 

21. What food does Bottom crave after Puck’s mischief?

 

 

Steak

 

Kidney pie

 

Squirrel

 

Hay

 

22. What are Theseus and Hippolyta about to do before they discover the sleeping lovers?

 

 

Listen to Theseus’s hounds baying.

 

Watch Theseus’s falcons hunting.

 

Watch Theseus’s deer roaming.

 

See Theseus’s golden lion.

 

23. How many weddings take place before the play-within-a-play?

 

 

4

 

2

 

3

 

1

 

24. Who blesses Theseus and Hippolyta with a magical charm at the end of the play?

 

 

Puck

 

Oberon

 

Titania

 

Oberon and Titania

 

25. Who suggests that the audience consider whether the entire play has been a dream?

 

 

Snout

 

Puck

 

Titania

 

Peaseblossom


26 Where is the play set?

 

 

In and around Genoa

 

In and around Athens

 

In and around London

 

In and around Verona

 

27. What is Theseus planning as the play opens?

 

 

His wedding to Titania

 

His wedding to Hermia

 

His wedding to Helena

 

His wedding to Hippolyta

 

28. Why has Egeus come to see Theseus?

 

 

His daughter won't marry the man he wants her to marry.

 

His daughter refuses to attend Theseus's wedding.

 

His daughter refuses to act as Hippolyta's lady in waiting.

 

His daughter wants to perform in the entertainments planned for Theseus's wedding.

 

29. What phrase from scene i emphasizes the theme of love's difficulty?

 

 

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

 

"The course of true love never did run smooth."

 

"I have had a most rare vision."

 

"Ay, love! What has happened to me?"

 

 

30 What does Lysander propose to Hermia?

 

 

That they have a double wedding with Helena and Demetrius

 

That they ask the fairies for help overthrowing Theseus

 

That they run away to the home of Lysander's aunt

 

That they join the band of fairies who live in the woods


31.What happens when the juice of the love-in-idleness flower is rubbed on a sleeper's eyelids?

 

 

The sleeper will fall in love with the first living thing he or she sees upon waking.

 

The sleeper will dream of his or her true love.

 

The sleeper won't wake up until the juice is washed off.

 

The sleeper will turn into a fairy.


32. What does Titania have that Oberon wants?

 

 

A human servant

 

An Indian princess

 

An Indian prince

 

A royal title


33. What is Robin Goodfellow's other name?

 

 

Oberon

 

Titania

 

Fairy

 

Puck


34. What does Oberon ask Puck to do?



To find an Athenian king being pursued by a lady


To find an Athenian youth being pursued by a lady


To find an Athenian queen being pursued by a young man


To find an Athenian lady being pursued by a young man


35. What mistake does Puck make?

 

 

He squirts the juice on the wrong man.

 

He squirts the juice on the wrong fairy.

 

He squirts the juice on the wrong woman.

 

He loses the flower.


36. What happens when Helena wakes Lysander in the forest ?

 

 

He confusedly asks where he is.

 

He looks frantically for Hermia.

 

He asks whether he is still dreaming.

 

He falls in love with her.


37. What does Puck do to Bottom?

 

 

He transforms Bottom's head into that of an ass.

 

He transforms Bottom into a fairy.

 

He gives Bottom the ability to fly.

 

He sprinkles the love potion onto Bottom's eyes.



38 What has happened to the Athenian youths over the course of the night/ in the end of the play?

 

 

Demetrius and Helena now love each other, as do Lysander and Hermia.

 

Demetrius and Hermia now love each other, as do Lysander and Helena.

 

Demetrius and Titania now love each other, as do Lysander and Hippolyta.

 

Demetrius and Hippolyta now love each other, as do Lysander and Titania.


39. Why does Oberon undo the spell on Titania?



She agrees to give him the Indian child.


She agrees to marry him.


She promises to leave the forest.


She swears her allegiance to Oberon forever.


40. _________  comedy written by Shakespeare.


Julius Cesar


King Lear


as you like it 


Othello






 





 

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