Midsummer Night's Dream Review

Finish the quote: "If music be the food of love, ________"

• give me excess of it

• increase the volume to drown my sorrow

• play on

• eat up

At the end of the passage, what has Helena resolved to do?

• Forget her obsession and send Demetrius running after Hermia.

• Appeal to Demetrius' logic by listing the reason she is a better choice.

• Collect a monetary reward for telling Demetrius where Hermia is.

• Win Demetrius back by helping him find Hermia.

Helena says, "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind." Which of the following interpretations can best be supported with details from the text.

• Love is based on logical evidence (the mind), not beauty (the eye).

• Love does not appeal to logical, visible evidence (the eye); it appeals to the illogical imagination (the mind).

• Love is based on beauty (the eye), not logical evidence (the mind).

• Love is based on visible characteristics (the eye), not on imagination (the mind).

In this passage, to what does Helena compare Love?

• a child

• a bird

• hail

• a flower

Which character tries to use the play within the play to win the Duke's favor?

• Puck

• Quince

• Bottom

• Egeus

Which character is in love with Demetrius at the start of the play?

• Hermia

• Helena

• Titania

• Hippolyta

Why does Oberon decide to use the magic flower on Titania?

• To make her fall in love with him again

• To punish her for defying him

• To make her give up the changeling boy

• To entertain himself

Who is the queen of the fairies in the play?

• Hermia

• Helena

• Titania

• Hippolyta

Which character is directly involved in applying the love potion to Lysander's eyes?

• Hermia

• Helena

• Puck

• Oberon

Which character undergoes the most significant transformation in the play?

• Theseus

• Puck

• Bottom

• Demetrius