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WorksheetsMidsummer Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the overall theme of the play?
Apollo flies and Daphne holds the chase.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Methought a serpent ate my heart away.
What is dramatic irony?
When the speaker says something he doesn't mean.
When something happens that is unexpected.
When the audience knows something but the character does not.
When a character makes a mistake.
How does Helena react when Lysander and Demetrius say they love her?
She falls in love with both of them.
She runs off to find Hermia.
She thinks they are mocking her.
She realizes that she has been beautiful all along.
What does Egeus prohibit at the beginning of the play?
Hermia's marriage to Demetrius
Hermia's marriage to Lysander
Hermia going to Lysander's aunt's house
Hermia becoming a nun
What is the difference between a tragedy and a comedy?
Tragedies end with marriage; comedies end with death
Tragedies are violent; comedies are sarcastic
Tragedies end with death; comedies end with marriage
Shakespeare only wrote tragedies, but other playwrights wrote comedies
True or false: A Midsummer Night's Dream is a tragedy.
True
False
What is the setting of the play?
Stratford upon Avon
London
Verona
Athens
Which character is most characterized by his or her sense of humor?
Bottom
Titania
Lysander
Puck
What is the main conflict of the play?
Puck pranks the lovers.
Puck puts the potion on the wrong person's eyes.
Bottom keeps interrupting the rehearsal.
Hermia does not want to become a nun.
Which of the following is part of the sub-plot?
Egeus will not let Hermia marry Lysander.
Titania falls in love with Bottom.
Helena thinks Demetrius and Lysander are mocking her.
Hermia is allowed to marry Lysander per Theseus' orders.
"Lord what fools these mortals be" adds ______________ to the story.
compliment
humor
conflict
irony
How do the other mechanicals feel about Bottom?
They think he is witty.
They think he is annoying.
They think he is unintelligent.
They think he is selfish.
How does Lysander feel about Hermia after he wakes up in love with Helena?
He still loves her.
He thinks she is beautiful, but he doesn't love her.
He is indifferent toward her.
He hates her.
Which of the following words is used as an insult in the play?
Loud
Little
Loyal
Love
What characteristic of Bottom's made it appropriate for him to gain an ass's head?
He is enthusiastic
He is arrogant
He is critical
He is witty
How does Oberon tell Puck to fix the problem when he figures out that Puck put the potion on the wrong Athenian?
Laugh about it
Anoint Helena's eyes
Anoint Lysander's eyes
Anoint Demetrius' eyes
King of the fairies
Egeus
Oberon
Titania
Lysander
Master of the Revels/Duke's Servant
Theseus
Egeus
Philostrate
Puck
Egeus's favorite
Theseus
Demetrius
Lysander
Oberon
Loves Lysander
Helena
Titania
Hippolyta
Hermia
Queen of the fairies
Titania
Hippolyta
Helena
Hermia
The Duke of Athens
Oberon
Demetrius
Theseus
Egeus
Hermia's father
Theseus
Philostrate
Oberon
Egeus
Oberon's servant
Titania
Puck
Philostrate
Lysander
Loves Demetrius
Hippolyta
Hermia
Helena
Titania
Queen of the Amazons
Hippolyta
Hermia
Helena
Titania
Weaver/Actor
Lysander
Demetrius
Philostrate
Bottom
Director of the play (Pyramus and Thisbe)
Bottom
Quince
Flute
Snug
Wants to elope with Hermia
Lysander
Demetrius
Puck
Bottom
"You dwarf, you bead, you acorn" is an example of a --
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
