WorksheetsA Midsummer Night's Dream Review-Acts I-II
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are Theseus and Hippolyta discussing at the beginning of the play?
a)
A party for the King
b)
Their wedding
c)
Politics
d)
The merits of the different gods
2.
How does Hippolyta come to be betrothed to Theseus?
a)
He defeated her in battle and won her hand
b)
Their fathers made an agreement at their births
c)
Theseus kidnapped her as revenge
d)
They received messages from Aphrodite saying they should marry
3.
Why is Egeus so distraught when we meet him?
a)
He thinks he is paying too much in dowry offereings
b)
He wanted to be named assistant to Theseus
c)
His wife is angry and threatening to leave him
d)
He wants Hermia to marry Demetrius instead of Lysander
4.
What will happen to Hermia if she refuses to marry Demetrius?
a)
She will become a servant
b)
She will be banished to the wilderness
c)
She will have to either die or become a nun
d)
She will be blinded and driven off to live as a beggar
5.
To what do Lysander and Herma agree?
a)
They will meet in the woods and go to Lysander's aunt's house to marry
b)
She will marry Demetrius but poison him later
c)
They will stand together and defy her father
d)
They will go and ask the gods for help
6.
What hope does Helena have by telling Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia's plan?
a)
She is jealous and wants Hermia to get in trouble
b)
She anticipates the sweet pain of following him while he pursues Hermia
c)
She expects a monetary reward from Egeus for stopping Hermia
d)
She wants Lysander to marry her instead
7.
Who are the characters in Act I, Scene ii, and what do they plan?
a)
They are wedding guests planning what to wear
b)
They are the bride's friends planning on a gift to give her
c)
They are thieves planning to rob everyone at the wedding
d)
They are craftsmen planning a play to perform at the wedding
8.
Why is Oberon angry with his queen?
a)
She keeps a young boy as her attendant who Oberon wants for himself
b)
She has much more money than he does and will not share
c)
She has a book of spells he wants to use, but she won't let him
d)
She has recently captured two of his men and will not release them
9.
On what mission does Oberon send Puck?
a)
to find the parents of the young boy so they can rescue him
b)
to destroy the wedding feast
c)
to find a flower that has the power to put a spell on Titania
d)
to beg the fairy queen to hear his requests
10.
Upon overhearing Demetrius and Helena, what does Oberon command Puck to do?
a)
to send a message to Helena's father and tell him of her plan
b)
to make them have nightmares about one another
c)
to cause a terrible storm that will force them to return home
d)
to anoint the boy's eyes so he will fall in love with her
11.
Whose eyes does Puck apply the flower's potion?
a)
Hermia
b)
Demetrius
c)
Lysander
d)
Titania
12.
When he wakes up, who does Lysander see and love?
a)
Titania
b)
Helena
c)
Hermia
d)
Bottom
13.
What is Helena's reaction to Lysander's words of love?
a)
She thinks he is teasing her
b)
She believes him and falls in love with him
c)
She thinks he has gone crazy
d)
She thinks she is asleep and having a nightmare
14.
To where has Lysander disappeared when Hermia wakes?
a)
He has gone to follow Helena
b)
He has gone to find Puck
c)
He is lost in the forest
d)
He has gone to Athens for the wedding
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