Midsummer Night's Dream Act One and Two

What is the name of the play to be performed by the tradesmen?

• The Most Lamentable Comedy and Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• The Most Lamentable Comedy and Cruel Death of Hermia and Lysander

• Twisted Love in Athens

Why are the tradesmen performing Pyramus and Thisbe?

• to entertain Oberon & Titania

• to celebrate Theseus & Hippolyta's wedding

• to woo Titania

Who are "The Mechanicals"?

• A group of workers who also put on plays

• The group organizing all activities to celebrate Theseus' wedding

• What the noblemen in Athens call themselves

• Hippolyta's bodyguards

Who is the lead director of the Mechanicals?

• Nick Bottom

• Snug

• Peter Quince

• Starveling

What is the reason Flute does not wish to play the part of Thisbe in the play Pyramus and Thisbe?

• He wants to be the lion

• He does not like the play

• He has trouble learning lines

• He has a beard coming in

What role does Nick Bottom wish to play?

• Pyramus because it is the lead role

• Thisbe because he can speak in a perfect "little voice"

• The lion because he can roar better than anyone else

• All the roles because he thinks he is the best actor among all the actors in the company

How does Peter Quince, the director, argue against Bottom being the lion?

• He says he isn't hairy enough to look like a lion

• He tells him that he will get to be a tiger in the next play

• He tells him that his roar would be so good it would scare the audience

Why does Peter Quince have so much trouble controlling the meeting of the mechanicals (tradesmen)?

• Because he forgot why they are meeting

• Because Bottom keeps interrupting

• Because he's too nervous about performing at the Duke's wedding

• Because he's hungry

What do the craftsmen believe will happen if they scare the ladies?

• They will be executed

• They will get a standing ovation

• They will be asked do another performance

Where do the Mechanicals plan to meet to rehearse?

• Bottom's house

• They do not plan on rehearsing at all

• Theseus' castle

• The woods