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A Midsummer Night's Dream Act III

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

Which of the following characters was quite annoyed with Puck's mistake?

a)

Oberon

b)

Titania

c)

Lysander

d)

All of the above

2.

Which character once loved Hermia, but now is blind-fully unwillfully in love with Helena?

a)

Lysander

b)

Demetrius

c)

Neither

d)

Both

3.

Who is made an "ass" out of by being given a donkey's head through Puck's mischief?

a)

Bottom

b)

Snug

c)

Flute

d)

Quince

4.

He plays pranks on the mechanicals and is responsible for the huge tangle of love affairs currently happening in the woods. Who is the character?

a)

Puck

b)

Oberon

c)

Bottom

d)

Lysander

5.

This character feels betrayed by both Lysander and Helena. Who is the character?

a)

Demetrius

b)

Titania

c)

Puck

d)

Hermia

6.

Who feels scorned and mocked by everyone in this Act?

a)

Hermia

b)

Helena

c)

Titania

d)

Oberon

7.

Which character falls in love with Bottom because of his charming good looks and singing abilities?

a)

Hermia

b)

Helena

c)

Cobweb

d)

Titania

8.

Describe the friendship of Hermia and Helena in their younger days?

a)

they were like sisters, always together

b)

they were sworn enemies, always jealous of one another

c)

they did not know each other at all

d)

they were friends, but their friendship grew stronger after they aged

9.

How are both Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck's earlier mistake?

a)

put the flower juice in Demetrius's eyes so he falls in love with Helena

b)

put the flower juice in Bottom's eyes so he no longer looks like an ass and Titania will no longer love him

c)

put the flower juice in Hermia, Helena, Demetrius, and Lysander as they sleep silently in the woods

d)

they cannot correct their mistake because the curse from the flower juice cannot be reversed

10.

What are Demetrius and Lysander going to do to solve the love quarrel?

a)

they are going to fight to see who is more worthy of Helena

b)

they are going to find Puck for more love juice

c)

they are going to sabotage the mechanicals play

d)

they are going to wait until a Midsummer Night's Eve and call upon the fairies

11.

Which of the following is not true about how Bottom has adjusted to Titania and the attention from her fairies?

a)

He is spoiled and doesn't mind ordering the fairies around

b)

He loves the attention and goes to Titania's bed with her

c)

He thinks that they have the wrong guy and is extremely confused

d)

He calls the fairies by name poking fun at them

12.

Which of the following is not a problem that the mechanicals have with their play?

a)

the lion is too scary

b)

they need moonlight

c)

they need a wall

d)

they need rain

13.

Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn't this what she had wanted all along?

a)

She thinks that he is mocking her because he said all of those mean things to her in the past, but now is being nice to her

b)

She thinks that he is just trying to make her more jealous of Hermia

c)

She thinks that he is under a fairy spell

d)

She thinks that she is not worthy of his love and liked it more when she had to beg and plead for his attention

14.

Bottom says that, "reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why does this statement fit the play so well up to this point?

a)

The world of love is silly and illogical.

b)

Lysander is chasing Helena

c)

Titania has fallen for a jackass

d)

all of the answers are correct

15.

Nick "Bottom's" name, we now realize is an example of which literary device used by Shakespeare?

a)

pun

b)

irony

c)

oxymoron

d)

none of the answers are correct

16.

In Act 3, Scene 2, Helena is afraid of Hermia. How does she describe her?

a)

a two-timing vixen

b)

thou she be but little, she is fierce

c)

life-squelching scallyway

d)

beseeching long time friend and foe

17.

Hermia calls Demetrius both a worm and adder. Which of the following is not a reason that she describes Demetrius this way?

a)

Demetrius tries to weedle his way into Hermia's affections like a worm

b)

Demetrius abuses and uses Helena like a snake and cannot be trusted

c)

Demetrius lies just like a snake

d)

Demetrius walks like a worm with a sleezy sort of slither

18.

The sound of iambic pentameter with its stressed and unstressed syllables is often compared to the sound of which of the following?

a)

a heartbeat

b)

a cuckoo of a bird

c)

a metronome

d)

all of the answers are correct

19.

"When I do count the clock that tells the time" is an example of which of the following?

a)

iambic pentameter

b)

sonnet

c)

soliloquy

d)

foil

20.

Which of the following is correct sonnet structure?

a)

14 lines, 10 syllables per line, 5 iambs

b)

10 lines, 14 syllables per line, 2 iambs

c)

14 lines, 5 syllables per line, 10 iambs

d)

none of the answers are correct

21.

Sonnets share a common rhyme scheme. Which of the following is the correct sonnetic rhyme schme?

a)

ababcdcdefefgg

b)

aabbccddeeffgg

c)

aabbababccddefef

d)

aaabbbcccdddeee

22.

Iambic pentameter is the rhythm of Shakespeare, but it is also the rhythm of who else?

a)

Tupac

b)

Wu-Tang

c)

Eminem

d)

all of the answers are correct

23.

In Act 3, Scene 1, Bottom's head is transformed into that of an "ass" (a.k.a. donkey). Bottom doesn't know what's happened to him, so he's really confused; he thinks hes being punked. He complains to us: "I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me, to / fright me, if they could" (3.1.114-115).


Of course, when Bottom accuses his friends of trying to "make an ass" of him, it's funny to us because we know something that Bottom doesn't—he literally has been made into an ass.


This is an example of which of the following literary terms?

a)

dramatic irony

b)

malpropism

c)

oxymoron

d)

soliloquy

24.

When the mechanicals are practicing their play, Bottom says this line once again making himself look like an idiot:


Thisbe, the flowers of odious savors sweet --


This line contains which of the following?

a)

dramatic irony

b)

malpropism

c)

oxymoron

d)

pun

25.

Define the underlined term.


Puck and Oberon act as auditors as they watch from afar the battles between the confused lovers in the woods.

a)

member of an audience

b)

a charmer

c)

a person of contempt

d)

a scoundrel

26.

Define the underlined term.


Puck causes quite a confounding effect on the mechanicals and the lovers in the woods.

a)

confusing

b)

positive

c)

silly

d)

notorious

27.

Define the underlined term.


Helena believes that Lysander, Demetrius, and Hermia are all making a complete derision of her.

a)

contempt; mockery

b)

hearer; listener

c)

tiny woman

d)

lover; captivator

28.

Complete analogy (relationship) below with the correct vocabulary term.


clay is to pottery as _____________ is to bricks

a)

loam

b)

derision

c)

disparage

d)

partition

29.

Complete analogy (relationship) below with the correct vocabulary term.


fighting is to _______________________ as laughing is to giggling

a)

jangling

b)

officious

c)

chronicled

d)

partition

30.

Complete analogy (relationship) below with the correct vocabulary term.


a traitor is to ___________________ as a knight is to brave

a)

recreant

b)

wend

c)

welkin

d)

proverb