WorksheetsMidsummer Night's Dream Act 1, scene 1
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
The setting of the play is...
Rome, Italy
Athens, Greece
Sparta, Greece
London, England
Who is getting married?
Thisbian and Hyperlady
Theseus and Helena
Theseus and Hermia
Theseus and Hippolyta
Where do Hermia and Lysander plan to escape the law of Athens?
The woods
Lysander's cousin
Lysander's aunt
Nick Bottoms
Who holds the hearts of the two men at the beginning of the play?
Helena
Hippolyta
Hermia
Titania
According to Theseus, what are Hermia's alternatives to marrying Demetrius?
Die
Marry Lysander
Be banished to a nunnery
Be banished from Athens forever
Why is Egeus "vexed"?
He wants his daughter, Helena, to marry Demetrius, but she loves & desires to marry Lysander
He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Lysander, but she loves & desires to marry Demetrius
He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Demetrius, but she loves & desires to marry Lysander
He wants his daughter, Helena, to marry Demetrius, but she loves & desires to marry Lysander
What hope does Helena have by telling Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia's flight?
She hopes he might change his mind about her & fall back in love
She secretly is in love with Lysander & hopes that this will help her
She wants to make Hermia angry because Helena is jealous
Theseus' marriage is how many days away?
1
2
3
4
According to Lysander, why is Demetrius unworthy to marry Hermia?
Demetrius is less wealthy and of a lower class than he
Demetrius has made Helena fall in love with him only to abandon her later
Demetrius is not Athenian
How did Theseus and Hippolyta become engaged?
Their fathers made an agreement, when they were born, that they would marry
Theseus defeated Hippolyta in battle & won her hand in marriage as a peace settlement
They received a message from the gods that they should marry
They fell in love & Theseus proposed to her
In making a case to Theseus regarding Hermia's falling in love with Lysander, Egeus says the following lines:
My gracious duke,
This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child...
These lines suggest that:
Lysander has stolen Hermia's love
Demetrius is the man Hermia loves
Lysander has injured Hermia
Lysander has evil powers over others
Who is the duke of Athens?
Oedipus
Robin
Theseus
Demetrius
Who is the legendary queen of the Amazons?
Hippolyta
Helena
Hermia
Titania
Which character's daughter refuses to marry the man he wants?
Theseus
Demetrius
Lysander
Egeus
Who is Egeus' daughter?
Hermia
Titania
Helena
Puck
Who loves Hermia and she loves him back?
Demetrius
Lysander
Robin
Oberon
Who is the young woman in love with Demetrius, who did love her back, but then rejected and abandoned her?
Hermia
Titania
Helena
Hippolyta
Who is Theseus' master of revels (aka. the guy responsible for organizing the entertainment for the duke's wedding)?
Philostrate
Demetrius
Lysander
Egeus
