WorksheetsA Midsummer Night's Dream
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
He is the duke of Athens.
a)
Theseus
b)
Egeus
c)
Oberon
d)
Demetrius
2.
She is the former Queen of the Amazons.
a)
Hippolyta
b)
Titania
c)
Helena
d)
Hermia
3.
He is the King of Fairyland.
a)
Oberon
b)
Theseus
c)
Lysander
d)
Puck
4.
She is the Queen of Fairyland.
a)
Helena
b)
Hermia
c)
Hippolyta
d)
Titania
5.
He is Hermia's father.
a)
Demetrius
b)
Lysander
c)
Egeus
d)
Theseus
6.
He is the leader of the acting group.
a)
Quince
b)
Bottom
c)
Flute
d)
Starveling
7.
He is a weaver that plays the role of Pyramus.
a)
Flute
b)
Quince
c)
Snug
d)
Bottom
8.
He is a mischievous fairy who works for Oberon.
a)
Puck
b)
Cobweb
c)
Peaseblossom
d)
Mustardseed
9.
He has a plan to elope with Hermia and live with his aunt.
a)
Demetrius
b)
Lysander
c)
Egeus
d)
Quince
10.
Her father wants her to be executed if she doesn't marry the man he chose for her.
a)
Hermia
b)
Helena
c)
Titania
d)
Hippolyta
11.
She is Nedar's daughter who was once engaged to Demetrius before he left her for her best friend.
a)
Helena
b)
Hermia
c)
Titania
d)
Hippolyta
12.
He is Egeus's number one choice to marry his daughter.
a)
Demetrius
b)
Lysander
c)
Bottom
d)
Oberon
13.
Who said the following quote?
"Tarry, rash, wanton. Am I not thy lord?"
"Tarry, rash, wanton. Am I not thy lord?"
a)
Demetrius
b)
Theseus
c)
Oberon
d)
Egeus
14.
Who said the following quote?
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
a)
Puck
b)
Oberon
c)
Titania
d)
Starveling
15.
Who said the following quote?
"And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays."
"And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays."
a)
Lysander
b)
Bottom
c)
Helena
d)
Quince
16.
Who said the following quote?
"And for her sake I do rear up her boy. And for her sake I will not part with him."
"And for her sake I do rear up her boy. And for her sake I will not part with him."
a)
Titania
b)
Hermia
c)
Egeus
d)
Oberon
17.
Who said the following quote?
"If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumbered here,
While these visions did appear."
"If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumbered here,
While these visions did appear."
a)
Puck
b)
Oberon
c)
Titania
d)
Theseus
18.
Who said the following quote?
"I am amazed at your passionate words. I scorn you not. It seems you scorn me."
"I am amazed at your passionate words. I scorn you not. It seems you scorn me."
a)
Demetrius
b)
Lysander
c)
Hermia
d)
Helena
19.
Who said the following quote?
"Nay, faith, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming."
"Nay, faith, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming."
a)
Bottom
b)
Snug
c)
Snout
d)
Flute
20.
Who said the following quote?
"And though she be but little, she is fierce."
"And though she be but little, she is fierce."
a)
Lysander
b)
Demetrius
c)
Hermia
d)
Helena
21.
Who said the following quote?
"I have had a rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was."
"I have had a rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was."
a)
Bottom
b)
Titania
c)
Lysander
d)
Demetrius
22.
Who said the following quote?
"Enough, enough, my lord. You have heard enough! I beg the law, the law, upon his head."
"Enough, enough, my lord. You have heard enough! I beg the law, the law, upon his head."
a)
Theseus
b)
Puck
c)
Titania
d)
Egeus
23.
Who said the following quote?
"O me, you juggler, you canker-blossom, you thief of love."
"O me, you juggler, you canker-blossom, you thief of love."
a)
Lysander
b)
Demetrius
c)
Helena
d)
Hermia
24.
Who said the following quote?
"Oh why rebuke you him that loves you so?
Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe."
"Oh why rebuke you him that loves you so?
Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe."
a)
Lysander
b)
Demetrius
c)
Helena
d)
Hermia
25.
Shakespeare was born in 1562 in London, England.
a)
False
b)
True
26.
Shakespeare often acted in the plays that he wrote.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The time period in which Shakespeare wrote his plays is known as the Victorian Era.
a)
False
b)
True
28.
Shakespeare invented around 20,000 new words and phrases in the English language.
a)
False
b)
True
29.
The Lord Chamberlain's Men Theatre is where Shakespeare's plays were originally performed.
a)
False
b)
True
30.
Which of the following literary devices are being used in the following lines?
"To your father should be as God."
"To your father should be as God."
a)
simile and allusion
b)
metaphor and alliteration
c)
pun and oxymoron
d)
paradox and hyperbole
31.
Which of the following literary devices is being used int he lines below?
"I am your spaniel."
"I am your spaniel."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
pun
d)
alliteration
32.
Which of the following literary devices is being used int he lines below?
"And make her full of hateful fantasies."
"And make her full of hateful fantasies."
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
oxymoron
d)
allusion
33.
Which of the following literary devices is being used int he lines below?
"For lying so Hermia, I do not lie."
"For lying so Hermia, I do not lie."
a)
pun
b)
oxymoron
c)
paradox
d)
personification
34.
Which of the following literary devices is being used int he lines below?
"The moon methinks looks with a watery eye.
And when she weeps, weeps every little flower."
"The moon methinks looks with a watery eye.
And when she weeps, weeps every little flower."
a)
pun and paradox
b)
foreshadow and simile
c)
metaphor and allusion
d)
personification and hyperbole
35.
Which of the following literary devices is being used int he lines below?
"Quail, crush, conclude, and quell."
"Quail, crush, conclude, and quell."
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
allusion
d)
personification
36.
Which of the following literary devices is being used int he lines below?
"This is hot ice and wondrous strange snow."
"This is hot ice and wondrous strange snow."
a)
metaphor and oxymoron
b)
hyperbole and allusion
c)
simile and foreshadow
d)
personification and paradox
37.
Which of the following myths is NOT alluded to in the text version of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
a)
Daphne and Apollo
b)
The Minotaur
c)
Cupid
d)
Medusa
38.
Which of the following Shakespearean terms is INCORRECTLY matched with its modern interpretation?
a)
thee-you
b)
knavish-naughty
c)
hath-has
d)
mirth-sadness
39.
Which of the following Shakespearean terms is INCORRECTLY matched with its modern English interpretation?
a)
merriments-celebrations
b)
vexations-anger
c)
pomp-festivals
d)
filched-forgotten
40.
What does the word "chide" mean in the following quote by Titania to Oberon?
"We shall downright chide, if I stay longer."
"We shall downright chide, if I stay longer."
a)
separate
b)
fight
c)
flee
d)
fall in love
41.
What does the word "clamorous" mean in the following quote by Titania?
"Some war with reremice for their leathern
To make my small elves coats, and some keep back
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots..."
"Some war with reremice for their leathern
To make my small elves coats, and some keep back
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots..."
a)
troublesome
b)
curious
c)
wise
d)
noisy
42.
What is Quince referring to when he says, "this hawthorne-brake our tiring house"?
a)
a giant bush the actors will use for their dressing room while they rehearse the play
b)
A small house the actors can share while they wait for the duke to pick their play to be performed
c)
A temporary stage on a plateau behind a hill where they can rehearse the play
d)
A flat piece of land the actors can use to sleep on until they need to perform their lines
43.
Which of the following events happens last?
a)
Puck removes the donkey head from Bottom
b)
Puck cures Lysander of the love spell
c)
Oberon cures Titania of the love spell
d)
Oberon puts the love spell on Demetrius's eyes
44.
Which of the following is NOT a choice Theseues gives Hermia at the beginning of the play?
a)
Be executed
b)
Become a nun
c)
Marry Demetrius
d)
Marry Lysander
45.
Which of the following has NOT happened by the end of the play?
a)
Demetrius has been cured of the love potion
b)
Lysander has been cured of the love potion
c)
Titania has been cured of the love potion
d)
Bottom's head has been changed back to normal
46.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Indian boy?
a)
Titania is raising him because his mother died while giving birth to him
b)
Oberon wants him returned to the mortal world because he is ruining their marriage
c)
Oberon wants him to be one of his henchmen
d)
Titania gives him to Oberon while under a love spell
47.
Which of the following events happens first?
a)
Lysander and Demetrius leave together to duel for Helena's love
b)
Hermia threatens to scratch out Helena's eyes
c)
Helena teases Hermia about being short
d)
Lysander wakes up and professes his love to Helena
48.
How does Helena react when Demetrius professes his love for her?
a)
She doesn't believe him and accuses him of playing a trick on her
b)
She throws her arms around him and professes her love back to him
c)
She runs away and threatens to kill him if he follows her
d)
She shrugs her shoulders and surprisingly doesn't seem to care
49.
What of the following is NOT true about a soliloquy?
a)
It must be written in iambic pentameter
b)
An actor must be alone on stage
c)
It must contain five or more lines
d)
It should NOT address the audience
50.
How many syllables are in one line of iambic pentameter?
a)
10
b)
5
c)
15
d)
20
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