Midsummer Act 4 and List 4 vocab

Why does Titania give Oberon the child?

• She wants to please Oberon.

• She regrets her selfishness and wants to make amends.

• Oberon has threatened her, and she does it out of fear.

• She no longer cares for him now that she has Bottom

How does Oberon find Titania and Bottom?

• They are having a feast.

• They are playing with the child.

• They are asleep in each other's arms.

• They are preparing for their wedding.

Why does Oberon remove the spell he cast over the queen?

• He has the boy and he pities her silly new love-pet. He wants her back to her true self.

• It was part of the bargain he made with Puck, and he has to live up to it.

• He can only cast one spell at a time, and he wants to cast one on someone else now.

• He had a dream that the gods would punish him if he didn't remove it.

Finding the two couples asleep in the wood, and learning of their more balanced love, what order does Theseus give?

• He tells them to wait a few years until they are older, and then marry.

• He banishes all of them from Athens for the trouble they have caused.

• He orders that they should follow him and Hippolyta to be married in the temple.

• He orders his men to find and imprison Puck.

What news does Bottom bring his companions?

• He has a part in the entertainment but the rest do not.

• Their play was not well-received, and they have been asked to leave.

• The Duke liked them, but not their play. They are to write a new play and perform again the next day.

• Their play has been chosen by the Duke as an entertainment. They must now get ready and meet at the palace.

Why does Oberon cure Titania of the magic love spell?

• She was getting gravely ill because of it.

• She needed to return with him to bless the wedding.

• He was jealous of her infatuation and already stole the boy from her.

• He is tired of seeing her suffer.

What decision or decree does Theseus make regarding the Athenian couples?

• They are all to get married later that day.

• They are banished from Athens.

• They must do community service for disobeying him.

What does Theseus think of the Athenian's wild story?

• It was just a dream
• Love makes their imagination run wild
• He thinks they were under a magic spell

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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Why did Shakespeare purposely write that Bottom had no idea what happened to him?

• The irony adds comedic value

• It is a simile

• He doesn't actually give it any purpose

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

to become limp and drooping; to lose strength and vigor