Midsummer Night's Dream Review

In this passage, Helena speaks her thoughts aloud in a long speech not intended for others to hear. What is this technique called?

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• dramatic irony

What is ironic about Helena's criticizing Demetrius' obsession with Hermia?

• She is just as obsessed with Demetrius as he is with Hermia

• Hermia is unaware of Demetrius' obsession.

• Demetrius is unaware that Helena is obsessed with him.

• Helena believes she is more beautiful than Hermia.

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

• "And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,/ So he dissolved, and show'rs of oaths did melt."

• "He will not know what all but he do know./ And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes"

• "Then to the wood will he to-morrow night/ Pursue her..."

• "How happy some o'er other some can be! / Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."

What do Hermia and Lysander agree to do?

• She will obey her father and marry Demetrius

• She will obey her father but she will poison Demetrius after the wedding so she can marry Lysander

• She and Lysander will run away together and go to his aunt's house in the forest and get married

Why is Oberon angry with Titania?

• She has a young boy as her servant and Oberon wants him for himself but she refuses to share the child with him

• She is love with someone else and Oberon is Heartbroken

• She cast a spell on him

What happens when Titania wakes up?

• She sees Lysander and she falls in love with him

• She sees Bottom and falls in love with him

• She sees Demetrius and falls in love with him

What does Puck do to the lovers to stop Demetrius and Lysander from dueling?

• He disguises his voice to lure them away from one another; he puts them to sleep

• He disguises himself as one of the lovers

• He kills Helena

After they wake up, Theseus sees that Demetrius and Helena are in love and Lysander and Hermia are in love, what does he order the couples to do?

• He orders Hermia to marry Demetrius

• He orders the guards to imprison Lysander

• He orders the lovers to be married with he and Hippolyta in the temple.

Where does A Midsummer Night's Dream take place?

• Paris and the French countryside

• Athens and the magical forest

• London and The Globe Theatre

• Stratford on the Avon and London

Who does Egeus want Hermia to marry?

• Demetrius

• Lysander

• Theseus