Midsummer Night's Dream | Act 5, Scene 1 Quiz

Who enters the scene first in Act 5, Scene 1?

• Robin (Puck)

• Theseus, Hippolyta, Philostrate, and other lords

• Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena

• Oberon and Titania

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Go to page 147. Explain in your own words what Theseus says lovers, poets, and madmen all have in common.

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What play does Theseus choose for the evening's entertainment?

• A tedious, brief scene of young Pyramus and his love Thisbe

• The battle with the Centaurs

• The riot of the tipsy bacchanals

• The thrice-three muses mourning for the death of Learning

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Who plays the role of Pyramus in the play within the play?

• Snout

• Bottom

• Snug

• Flute

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Using 1-2 words, describe your reaction to reading the play within a play that occurs from pages 155-175.

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Go to page 165. Paraphrase, in your own words, Theseus's good advice when Hippolyta says "This is the silliest thing I've ever seen."

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What does Robin (Puck) ask the audience to think if they have been offended by what they just saw?

• That the story was real

• To remember that the actors were professionals

• That they didn't have much time to prepare so he apologizes

• That they have really been asleep this whole time and none of this is real

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Why do you think William Shakespeare did not give any dialogue to Hermia and Helena in Act 5, scene 1? Explain your thinking.

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