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A Midsummer Night's Dream Acts 1-3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'thou' mean?

a)

through

b)

though

c)

you

d)

me

2.

Why does Oberon enchant Titania?

a)

to test the flower

b)

to punish her

c)

to show off

d)

by accident

3.

Why does Puck mistakenly put the flower juice in Lysander's eyes?

a)

He wants to mess with Lysander

b)

He assumes Hermia is sleeping separately because Lysander was mean to her

c)

He thinks Lysander looks funny

d)

He ran out of donkey-magic

4.

Helena says "No, no, I am as ugly as a _______,

Fot beasts that meet me run away in fear."

a)

mare

b)

slug

c)

chair

d)

bear

5.

What reason does Lysander give Helena for his sudden love for her?

a)

He likes tall girls, and Hermia is a bit too short

b)

He's decided it's more sensible to love Helena than Hermia

c)

Hermia is too clingy, and he's sick of her following him around

d)

She gives him butterflies in his tummy

6.

What does Quince mean when he says: "O Bottom, thou art translated!"

a)

Oh Bottom, you aren't speaking English

b)

Oh Bottom, you are good at art

c)

Oh bum, I can't understand you

d)

Oh Bottom, you have been physically transformed

7.

Which events suggest that Demetrius does not really love Hermia?

(3 answers)

a)

He chooses to pursue her even though it upsets her

b)

He goes to the woods when he learns she is running away from Athens

c)

He lets her wander off in the dark wood while upset, and he has a nap instead

d)

He compares her distress over thinking Lysander might be dead to his own hurt feelings that she won't agree to marry him

8.

Dramatic irony is when the audience understands more about something than the characters do.

Which two are examples of dramatic irony?

a)

Bottom says: "Oh you see an ass head of your own, do you?"

b)

Lysander says: "And then end life when I end loyalty"

c)

Helena says: "and I am sick when I look not on you"

d)

Demetrius says: "Do I entice you?"

9.

What play are Bottom and his friends rehearsing?

a)

Phineas and Ferb

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Pyramus and Thisbe

d)

Grace and Frankie

10.

Why is Flute cast as Thisbe?

a)

Because he lost a bet

b)

He is the youngest and doesn't need to shave his face yet

c)

He will be able to remember the lines

d)

He volunteered

11.

What is the name of the flower that was struck by cupid's arrow?

a)

Love-in-carelessness

b)

Forget-me-not

c)

Love Potion no. 9

d)

Love-in-idleness

12.

Which two of the following are examples of Bottom's accidental insults:

a)

Tells Cobweb that he will use them as a bandaid

b)

Tells Moth that his cat eats insects

c)

Tells Mustardseed that his family eats mustard plants

d)

Tells Titania that she's not very pretty

13.

Which three events are happening in Athens as a result of the fighting between Oberon and Titania?

a)

The rivers are flooding

b)

The seasons changing too suddenly and at the wrong time of year

c)

young people are wearing crop tops without any shame

d)

Food crops are dying before they can be harvested

e)

young women are disobeying their fathers

14.

Who says:

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

a)

Oberon

b)

Puck

c)

Helena

d)

Mustardseed

15.

Who says:

"Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile thing, let loose

Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent."

a)

Demetrius

b)

Helena

c)

Oberon

d)

Lysander

16.

Who says:

"Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born?"

a)

Hermia

b)

Titania

c)

Helena

d)

Quince

17.

Who says:

"I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again.

My ear is much enamoured of thy note."

a)

Titania

b)

Puck

c)

Moth

d)

Bottom

18.

Who says:

"Look, when I vow, I weep."

a)

Bottom

b)

Lysander

c)

Demetrius

d)

Flute

19.

What does Helena assume is happening when Lysander and Demetrius begin wooing her?

a)

They have had too much alcohol

b)

They have finally realised she's better looking than Hermia

c)

They are making fun of her

d)

They want her dowry because they are gold-diggers

20.

Which four of the following are themes of the play?

a)

Love/Love's difficulty

b)

Magic

c)

Jealousy

d)

Flowers

e)

Dreams