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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream?

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

C.S. Lewis

2.

Which man does Hermia's father want her to marry?

a)

Lysander

b)

Demetrius

c)

Theseus

d)

Bottom

3.

Where do Lysander and Hermia plan to be married?

a)

Theseus's palace

b)

The temple of Diana

c)

Lysander's aunt's house

d)

A forest

4.

Who is chosen to play the part of the lion in the Mechanical's play?

a)

Bottom

b)

Peaseblossom

c)

Quince

d)

Snug

5.

Who is the first young Athenian to be affected by the love potion?

a)

Lysander

b)

Helena

c)

Hermia

d)

Demetrius

6.

What does Oberon want that Titania refuses to give him?

a)

The changeling boy

b)

her servant

c)

her magic wand

d)

her love

7.

Why does Pyramus in the play kill himself?

a)

Thisbe does not love him

b)

Thisbe has been killed by a lion

c)

Thisbe has been killed by her father

d)

Pyramus believes Thisbe has been killed by a lion because he finds her torn garment at their meeting place.

8.

Who brings the complaint against Hermia in Act 1?

a)

Egeus

b)

Hippolyta

c)

Theseus

d)

Demetrius

9.

How does Puck prevent Lysander and Demetrius from fighting?

a)

by freezing them

b)

by transforming their swords to weeds

c)

by imitating their voices and causing each to get lost in a different part of the forest

d)

by squeezing the love potion on to their eyelids

10.

Which of the women is afraid of fighting?

a)

Hippolyta

b)

Hermia

c)

Titania

d)

Helena

11.

Whom does Demetrius love at the end of the play?

a)

Titania

b)

Hippolyta

c)

Hermia

d)

Helena

12.

With whom does Titania fall in love in Act 3?

a)

Snug

b)

Puck

c)

Bottom

d)

Mustardseed

13.

What prank does Puck play on Bottom?

a)

He changes him into a bear

b)

He steals his clothes

c)

He changes his voice into that of a woman

d)

He changes his head into that of a donkey

14.

Who first thinks of using the love potion on Titania?

a)

Puck

b)

Oberon

c)

Bottom

d)

Cobweb

15.

Who speaks with Titania's fairy attendants?

a)

None of the human characters

b)

All of the human characters

c)

Only Demetrius and Lysander

d)

Only Bottom

16.

Why is the flower whose juice Oberon seeks special?

a)

Titania has kissed it

b)

One of Cupid's arrows struck it

c)

It was a traditional symbol of love in English folklore

d)

Fairies sleep in it

17.

Which member of the Mechanical's is in charge of the rehearsals?

a)

Quince

b)

Snout

c)

Bottom

d)

Starveling

18.

Who tells Demetrius that Lysander and Hermia are planning to elope?

a)

Hermia

b)

Flute

c)

Puck

d)

Helena

19.

What food does Bottom crave after Puck's mischief?

a)

Steak

b)

Kidney pie

c)

Vegetables

d)

Hay

20.

What are Theseus and Hippolyta about to do before they discover the sleeping lovers?

a)

Listen to Theseus's hounds baying

b)

Watch Theseus's falcons hunting

c)

Watch Theseus's dear roaming

d)

See Theseus's golden lion

21.

How many weddings take place before the play-within-a-play?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

3

d)

1

22.

Who blesses Theseus and Hippolyta with a magical charm at the end of the play?

a)

Puck

b)

Oberon

c)

Titania

d)

Oberon and Titania

23.

Who suggests that the audience consider whether the entire play has been a dream?

a)

Snout

b)

Puck

c)

Titania

d)

Peaseblossom

24.

What is the title of the Mechanical's play?

a)

Trolius and Cressida

b)

Pyramus and Thisbe

c)

Oscar and Lucinda

d)

Hermia and Lysander

25.

Why does Flute say he is unable to play the role assigned to him in the Mechanical's play?

a)

Because he cannot learn the lines

b)

Because the role is a wall

c)

Because the role is a woman and he has a beard on the way

d)

Because he can't fit into the outfit