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WorksheetsA Midsummer Night's Dream
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following is the phrase that best describes the emotions expressed in the scene where the Athenians wake up on the morning of the wedding?
confusion and fear
reverence and awe
sorrow and wonder
joy and bewilderment
Which of the following is the conflict that sets in motion the plot of the play?
It is an internal conflict between Hermia and her conscience regarding whether or not she should obey her father's wish.
It is an external conflict between Hermia and the law of Athens regarding the father's right to choose the daughter's husband.
It is an external conflict between Demetrius and Lysander.
It is an external conflict between Helena and Demetrius about their being a couple.
Identify who said it: "Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."
Helena
Titania
Robin
Hermia
What does the following quote demonstrate about the society: "To your father you should be as a god..."
the influence of the patriarchy
the view of women promoted by Shakespeare
The influence of the king
Titania's rule of the forest
What does Bottom's statement below reveal about him ?
"Write me a prologue, and let the prologue seem to say
we will
Do no harm with our swords, and that Pyramus is not
Killed indeed. And, for the more better assurance tell
Them that I, Pyramus, am not Pyramus, but Bottom
The weaver. This will put them out of fear."
He is a worrier
He lacks experience in theater
He is thorough
He is considerate
Choose the most accurate restatement of the lines below, spoken by Hermia:
Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man,
That I did never, no, nor never can
Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye.
But you must flout my insufficiency?"
It is not enought that I don't deserve Demetrius. Why do you have to show off that you are successful in love?
Even though Demetrius will never look at me sweetly as I would like him to do, you don't have to pretend you love me.
Isn't it bad enough that Demetrius doesn't love me? Must you mock my lack of appeal?
Isn't it bad enough that Demetrius is never happy to see me? Do you have to scold me for not making me happy?
Which of the paraphrases below is the best restatement of the following lines? Theseus:
"I must confess that I have heard so much,
And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof;
But being overfull of self-affairs; My mind did lose it."
I had heard about that and should have spoken to Demetrius, but I was so busy that I forgot.
I regret that I have not spoken to Demetrius about his selfishness, but I forgot.
I have heard too much about Demetrius' thoughts, and I'm too busy to remember them.
I have heard interesting things about Demetrius' thought, but he is so busy that I haven't been able to satisfy my curiosity by speaking to him.
Which of the following words best defines the italicized word in Lysander's lines below?
For, as a surfeit of the sweetest things
The deepest loathing to the stomach brings
lack
surplus
source
supply
Which of the following is the word to replace the bracketed word in the lines below?
And the same [group] of evils comes
From our debate, from our dissension;
We are their parents and original.
resurgence
assemblage
genealogy
progeny
