WorksheetsA Midsummer Night's Dream Acts 1-3 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
As the play begins, who intends to marry Hippolyta?
Egeus
Theseus
Demetrius
Hermia
Hippolyta is the queen of the ________________________.
Athenians
Forest.
Amazons.
Fairies.
What penalty does Egeus ask Theseus to invoke if his daughter does not do as he wishes?
(a)
How many lines are in a sonnet?
12
14
10
8
Iambic pentameter is a type of meter for a poem that can be described as:
4 beats per line with stressed-unstressed rhythmic pattern
5 beats per line with unstressed-stressed rhythmic pattern.
6 beats per line with no consistent rhythmic pattern.
None of the above
Puck plays a trick on Bottom for his own amusement and turns his head into what?
A frog
A donkey
A duck
A fairy
Lysander is enchanted into falling in love with (a) .
What group of people are rehearsing a play in the woods?
the fairies
the animals
the mechanicals
the Amazons
The changeling is the cause of a quarrel between __________________________ and Titania.
Puck
Demetrius
Theseus
Oberon
Whose singing wakes Titania up while she is sleeping in the woods?
Quince
Snout
Bottom
Lysander
Who said this line:
"Ay me! For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth.
But either it was different in blood—"
(a)
Which word best describes Bottom as an actor?
Confident.
Talented.
Quiet.
Tentative.
Who said this line:
"And lead these testy rivals so astray
As one come not within another’s way.
Like to Lysander sometime frame thy tongue,
Then stir Demetrius up with bitter wrong;
And sometime rail thou like Demetrius.
And from each other look thou lead them thus,
Till o’er their brows death-counterfeiting sleep
With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep."
Puck
Oberon
Hermia
Theseus
How does Puck keep Lysander and Demetrius from fighting?
He imitates their voices to lead them away from one another.
He enchants their eyesight to make them fall in love.
He sings a beautiful song to make them fall asleep.
He enlists the fairies to tie them down and keep them from fighting.
Does Helena believe that Lysander and Demetrius love her?
Yes
No
I have no idea
Who is Helena?
What leader avoided a tragedy by providing an alternate solution to a problem?
Egeus
Theseus
Oberon
Titania
Wherefore means
why
who
what
where
Nuptial relates to
a feast
a party
a funeral
a wedding
When something is lamentable it is
bad and unfortunate
earnestly requested
annoying and irritating
related to great merriment
In Act I, where do Lysander and Hermia intend to go?
Lysander's aunt's house
Titania's kingdom
Lysander's home in the woods
Bottom's workshop
