Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1, Scene 1

The setting of the play is...

• Rome, Italy

• Athens, Greece

• Sparta, Greece

• London, England

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Who is getting married?

• Thisbian and Hyperlady

• Theseus and Helena

• Theseus and Hermia

• Theseus and Hippolyta

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Where do Hermia and Lysander plan to escape the law of Athens?

• The woods

• Lysander's cousin

• Lysander's aunt

• Nick Bottoms

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Who holds the hearts of the two men at the beginning of the play?

• Helena

• Hippolyta

• Hermia

• Titania

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According to Theseus, what are Hermia's alternatives to marrying Demetrius?

• Die

• Marry Lysander

• Be banished to a nunnery

• Be banished from Athens forever

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Why is Egeus "vexed"?

• He wants his daughter, Helena, to marry Demetrius, but she loves & desires to marry Lysander

• He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Lysander, but she loves & desires to marry Demetrius

• He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Demetrius, but she loves & desires to marry Lysander

• He wants his daughter, Helena, to marry Demetrius, but she loves & desires to marry Lysander

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

• She hopes he might change his mind about her & fall back in love

• She secretly is in love with Lysander & hopes that this will help her

• She wants to make Hermia angry because Helena is jealous

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Theseus' marriage is how many days away?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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According to Lysander, why is Demetrius unworthy to marry Hermia?

• Demetrius is less wealthy and of a lower class than he

• Demetrius has made Helena fall in love with him only to abandon her later

• Demetrius is not Athenian

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How did Theseus and Hippolyta become engaged?

• Their fathers made an agreement, when they were born, that they would marry

• Theseus defeated Hippolyta in battle & won her hand in marriage as a peace settlement

• They received a message from the gods that they should marry

• They fell in love & Theseus proposed to her

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