Study Guide for A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Which of the following is a plot question related to 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream'?

• What is the main theme of the play?

• Who are the four lovers in the play?

• What role does Puck play in the story?

• How does the play resolve the conflict between the lovers?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who are the main characters in 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' and how do their situations change?

• The main characters are Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena, and their situations change as they fall in and out of love due to a magical potion.

• The main characters are Oberon, Titania, and Puck, and their situations change as they resolve their conflicts over a changeling child.

• The main characters are Theseus and Hippolyta, and their situations change as they prepare for their wedding.

• The main characters are the mechanicals, and their situations change as they perform a play for the Duke's wedding.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read a section from 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' and identify who is speaking.

• Puck

• Oberon

• Titania

• Bottom

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the focus of MND Vocabulary Lessons 4 and 5?

• Grammar rules

• Vocabulary expansion

• Reading comprehension

• Listening skills

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Why is Theseus eager to marry Hippolyta, and how long does he have to wait?

• He is in love with her and has to wait four days.

• He wants to unite their kingdoms and has to wait a month.

• He is fulfilling a political alliance and has to wait a week.

• He is eager to start a family and has to wait a year.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is Egeus’s complaint about his daughter, Hermia?

• She refuses to marry the man he has chosen for her.

• She wants to marry the man he has chosen for her.

• She wants to leave Athens.

• She is too young to marry.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What options does Theseus give Hermia for resolving her conflict with her father?

• Obey her father

• Become a nun and live in a secluded convent for the rest of her life

• Die

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Lysander and Hermia plan to escape Athens by:

• Running away to the forest

• Hiding in a cave

• Sailing to a nearby island

• Disguising themselves as travelers

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

What does Helena’s speech at the end of the scene tell you about her character?

• She is confident and assertive.

• She is insecure and self-critical.

• She is indifferent and unemotional.

• She is optimistic and hopeful.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is the name of the play that Quince and the other "rude mechanicals" are preparing?

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• The Tempest

• Pyramus and Thisbe

• Romeo and Juliet

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10