Midsummer Night's Dream

Who does Egeus desire that Hermia marry?

• Demetrius
• Theseus
• Lysander
• Oberon

What will be Hermia’s fate if she refuses to marry Demetrius?

• She will become a servant in her father’s house.
• She will be banished to the wilderness.
• She will choose to die or live as a cloistered nun
• She will join a harem.

To what do Lysander and Hermia agree?

• They will meet on the next night in the woods and escape to Lysander’s aunt’s house to be married.
• She will do as her father asks, but she will poison Demetrius soon after the marriage.  Then she will marry Lysander.
• They will stand together and defy her father.
• She will do as her father asks, but she and Lysander will run away from Athens where she and Demetrius will meet up together to marry, and Lysander will have freedom for his life, as well, in another city.

What hope does Helena have by telling Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia’s flight?

• She is jealous and wants to get Hermia in as much trouble as possible.
• She anticipates the sweet pain of following him to and from the appointed wood while he pursues Hermia, but she desires any attention from Demetrius.
• She expects a monetary reward from Egeus.
• She thinks it will make Demetriius love her.

Theseus is going to marry _________.

• Titania
• Hippolyta
• Helena
• Hermia

What are Theseus and Hippolyta discussing at the play’s start?

• They are planning a party for the King.
• They are discussing their wedding, which is supposed to take place in four days’ time
• They are debating politics
• They are discussing her ex-lover.

How does Hippolyta come to be betrothed to Theseus?

• He has defeated her in battle and won her hand in marriage as a peace settlement or perhaps the spoils of victory
• Their fathers made an agreement at their births that they would marry.
• They both received messages from Aphrodite, saying that they should wed.
• Oberon no longer cared for her.

Why is Oberon angry with his queen?

• She keeps a young boy as her attendant, and Oberon wants the boy for himself. She refuses to share the child. 
  
• She has much more money than he does, and will not give him the sum he wants to have available to use for his own entertainment.
  
• She has a book of spells that he wants to use, but she won't let him use it.
  
• She has recently put two of his companions in jail for mischievous conduct. He has asked    her to release them, but she has refused.

On what mission does Oberon send Puck?

• Oberon sends Puck to find the parents of the young boy so they can rescue him.
  
• He sends Puck to cause a terrible storm that will force them to abandon their plan and return
  
• He sends Puck to anoint the boy's eyes as he sleeps so that upon waking he will see the maid and love her.
• He sends Puck to steal the Indian boy.

Upon whose eyes does Puck apply the potion?

• He does Hermia's eyes.
• He does Demetrius' eyes.
• He does Lysander's eyes.
  
• He does Egeus' eyes.