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WorksheetsA Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
At the beginning of Act 1 Scene 1, what are Hippolyta and Theseus discussing?
Hippolyta is begging Theseus to let Hermia marry Lysander.
Hippolyta wants to return to the Amazon tribe.
Hippolyta and Theseus cannot agree on how to advise Egeus.
Hippolyta and Theseus are discussing their upcoming wedding.
How does Hippolyta come to be betrothed to Theseus?
They both received messages from Aphrodite, saying that they should wed
Egeus demanded that Theseus be married to Hippolyta, or Hippolyta should be put to death or sent to the nunnery.
Their fathers made an agreement at their births that they would be married.
They both received messages from Aphrodite, saying that they should wed
What does Egeus seek Theseus's help with?
His wife is angry and threatening to leave him.
He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Lysander, but she loves and desires to marry Demetrius.
He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Demetrius, but she loves and desires to marry Lysander.
He needs help defending his home from the invading Amazons.
According to Egeus and Theseus, what is the proper role for a daughter?
Daughters should learn how to be independent and take care of themselves.
Daughters should be obedient to their fathers in all things.
Daughters should be confident and speak their mind.
Daughters should marry as soon as possible so that they are no longer burdens on their fathers.
Theseus gives Hermia three choices. Select the three choices from the list below.
become a nun, be put to death, or marry Demetrius
help Helena, stand up to her father or marry Lysander
leave Athens, marry Lysander, or be put to death
become a nun, be put to death, or marry Lysander
How does Lysander's comment about Demetrius's previous love affair with Helena complicate things?
It offends Helena and makes her angry at Lysander.
It makes Lysander look like a liar.
It suggests that Demetrius is unfaithful.
It makes Hermia feel jealous.
What does Helena hope to gain by telling Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia's secret plan?
She hopes that Demtrius will stop them so that she can marry Lysander.
She expects a reward from Egeus for stopping Hermia.
She hopes that Demetrius will thank her for the information, and she will get to see more of him.
What does Egeus mean when he claims Lysander has "bewitch'd the bosom" of Hermia and turn'd her obedience... to stubborn harshness?
Lysander is too foolish and inexperienced to really deserve Hermia's love.
Lysander has stolen Hermia's love away from Demetrius, who she used to love.
Lysander is of lowly birth and not fit to be Hermia's husband.
Lysander has brainwashed Hermia into disobeying her father.
After their meeting with Theseus, what do Hermia and Lysander decide to do?
They will convince Egeus to change his mind.
They will go to the temple, make offerings to the gods, and ask for
She will do as her father asks, but poison Demetrius soon after the marriage. Then she will marry Lysander
They will meet on the next night in the woods and escape Lysander's aunt's house to be married.
Identify the speaker. "But I beseech your Grace, that I may know the worst that may befall me in this case, if I refuse to wed Demetrius."
Hermia
Helena
Hippolyta
Identify the speaker. "The course of true love never did run smooth."
Egeus
Demetrius
Lysander
What is Flute's complaint with his role?
He has the wrong color of beard for his role.
The role is beneath him and he wants a larger speaking part.
He wants to act extemporaneously (without preparation) so his performance is more lifelike.
He has the role of a female, and he is currently growing a beard.
Whose relationship is the subject of the play-within-the-play?
Romeo and Juliet
Pyramus and Thisbe
King Henry and Queen Elizabeth I
Sampson and Delilah
Select 3 of the following pieces of evidence from the play that supports the conclusion that Bottom has a domineering personality:
"If I do it, let the audience look to their eyes. I will move storms."; "I'll speak in a monstrous little voice."; and "But I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any dove."
"If I do it, let the audience look to their eyes. I will move storms."; "I'll speak in a monstrous little voice."; and "A very good piece of work, I assure you."
"I'll speak in a monstrous little voice."; "We will meet, and there we may rehearse most obscenely and courageously."; and "A very good piece of work, I assure you.
"An you should do it too terribly, you would fright the Duchess and the ladies that they would all shriek, and that were enough to hang us all."; "We will meet, and there we may rehearse most obscenely and courageously."; and "A very good piece of work, I assure you.
Where do the actors plan to rehearse for the play and what can we infer?
The actors will be all alone in the woods.
The fairies, the lovers, and the actors may meet or interact within the woods creating more conflict in the story.
Only the fairies and the actors will be in the woods.
The woods will be large enough that they will all avoid each other.
