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WorksheetsA Mid Summer Night's Dream Act 1
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
Who is getting married?
Thisbian and Hyperlady
Theseus and Hermia
Theseus and Helena
Theseus and Hippolyta
Where do Hermia and Lysander plan to escape the law of Athens?
The woods.
Lysander's aunt.
Lysander's cousin.
Nick Bottoms.
Who holds the hearts of the two men at the beginning of the play?
Helena
Hermia
Hippolyta
Titania
What are Hermia's alternatives to marrying Demetrius?
Die
Be banished to a nunnery.
Marry Lysander
Be banished to a nunnery or lose her life.
Why is Egeus disturbed?
He wants his daughter, Helena to marry Demetrius, but she loves and desires to marry Lysander.
He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Demetrius, but she loves and desires to marry Lysander.
He wants his daughter, Hermia, to marry Lysander, but she loves and desires to marry Demetrius.
He wants his daughter, Helena, to marry Demetrius, but she loves and desires to marry Lysander.
Why are the tradesmens performing Pyramus and Thisbe?
to entertain the Oberon and Titania
to woe over Titania
to celebrate Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding.
What role does Bottom wish to play?
Pyramus because it is the lead role.
The lion because he can roar better than anyone else.
Thisbe because he can speak in a perfect "little voice".
He wants to play all the roles because he thinks he is the best actor among all the actors in the company.
How does Quince, the director, argue against Bottom being the lion?
He says he isn't hairy enough to look like a lion.
He tells him that his roar would be so good it would scare the audience.
He tells him that he will get to be a tiger in the next play.
Who is Hermia's father?
Egeus
Theseus
Nick
Lysander
What complaint does Egeus bring to Theseus?
He loves a woman who doesn't love him.
His daughter, Hermia, wants to marry a different guy than he wants.
He is angry the fairies have interfered in his life.
He wants to marry Hippolyta and is asking for permission.
What do Lysander and Hermia agree to do?
They will meet on the next night in the woods and escape to Lysander's aunt's house to be married
She will do as her father asks, but she will poison Demetrius soon after the marriage. Then she will marry Lysander.
They will stand together and defy her father.
She will do as her father asks.
