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Midsummer Night's Dream Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Egeus wants Hermia to marry Lysander

a)

True

b)

False

2.

At the start of the play, Theseus says that Hermia must either marry the man her father chooses or leave Athens.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Helena loves Demetrius, though he has never returned her affections.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Nick Bottom is a ham who boats that he can play any part.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The original cause of Oberon and Titania's quarrel is Titania's jealousy of Hippolyta.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Titania pretends to be in love with Bottom to get back at Oberon.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Helena believes Lysander and Demetrius are mocking her when they swear they love her.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Hermia reacts to Lysander's desertion of her by becoming angry at Helena.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Oberon is pleased and amused by the confusion that arises from Puck's mistake.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Pyramus and Thisbe play turns out to be surprisingly sweet and touching.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Helena and Hermia are always constant in their devotion to their lovers

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Oberon is jealous of Theseus and Titania is jealous of Hippolyta.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Oberon orders that Bottom be given an ass's head for trespassing in the woods.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Theseus says he wants to see Quince's play because he has heard the actors are the best in Athens.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Puck is also known as

a)

Robin Goodfellow

b)

Pan

c)

Ariel

d)

Robin Merrymaker

16.

Hermia is best described as

a)

short, dark and fiery

b)

tall, blonde and passive

c)

short, blond and cowardly

d)

tall, dark and submissive

17.

The actors fear their play may be too

a)

old fashioned and slow moving

b)

frightening and sad

c)

off-color and lusty

d)

scary and hilarious

18.

The magic potion in the play comes from

a)

dew from the god of love's wing

b)

a stream Venus bathed in

c)

a flower touched by Cupid's arrow

d)

the tears of Aphrodite

19.

Puck assumes Lysander is the youth Oberon wants enchanted because Lysander

a)

sleeps at a distance from Hermia

b)

wears Demetrius' cloak

c)

speaks unkindly to Helena in the wood

d)

was seen following Helena

20.

Bottom is best described as

a)

an ideal lover

b)

a clever philosopher

c)

an unwittingly comic character

d)

a mirror of the values of the Athenians

21.

Lysander and Hermia meet in the woods to

a)

find the king and queen of the faries

b)

say good-bye to each other before Hermia marries

c)

sneak away to be married

d)

help Helena escape from Athens

22.

Demetrius learns about Hermia and Lysander's meeting from

a)

Helena

b)

Egeus

c)

Puck

d)

Theseus

23.

Puck is best known for his

a)

sweet, sensitive temperament

b)

love of practical jokes

c)

devotion to Titania

d)

terrorizing of mortal children

24.

Titania is reluctant to give the Indian boy to Oberon because she

a)

wants to spite Oberon

b)

loved the boy's mother

c)

plans to give the boy as a wedding gift to Theseus

d)

she plans to return him to his mortal family

25.

Many of the transformations in the play take place when the characters are

a)

fightened

b)

drunk

c)

asleep

d)

making love

26.

Bottom thinks his friends flee him in the woods because they

a)

want to scare him

b)

don't recognize him in costume

c)

are frightened of fairies

d)

were scared of the dark

27.

Puck keeps Lysander and Demetrius from fighting by

a)

tripping them and stealing their swords

b)

imitating their voices and putting them to sleep

c)

pretending to be Helena and calling for help

d)

creating a distraction using Nick Bottom as the ass

28.

As a result of Titania and Oberon's quarrel, the

a)

citizens of Athens are at war

b)

duke has forbidden anyone to enter the woods

c)

seasons have been disrupted

d)

duke has forbidden access to outsiders into the city of Athens

29.

Titania is reconciled with Oberon after she gives him an Indian boy to be his attendant.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The Indian boy is Titania's illegitimate son.

a)

True

b)

False