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A Midsummer Night's Dream A2S1 & Lit Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the beginning of Act 2, why must the fairy servants keep Oberon and Titania separated?

a)

It's bad luck for them to see one another on the night before their wedding.

b)

They've fallen out of love.

c)

Oberon has rejected Titania for Hermia.

d)

They're very angry with each other.

2.

At the beginning of Act 2 Scene 1, what does Titania accuse Oberon of?

a)

falling in love with Helena

b)

falling in love with Hermia

c)

falling in love with Hippolyta

d)

falling in love with Thisbe

3.

What does Titania have that Oberon wants?

a)

a human servant

b)

an Indian prince

c)

a royal title

d)

Cupid’s fiery arrow

4.

What happens when the juice of the love-in-idleness flower is rubbed on a sleeper's eyelids?

a)

The sleeper won't wake up until the juice is washed off.

b)

The sleeper will dream of his or her true love.

c)

The sleeper will fall in love with the first living thing he or she sees upon waking.

d)

The sleeper will turn into a fairy.

5.

How does Oberon intend to punish his wife? Select TWO.

a)

Oberon will make his wife fall deeply in love with him again.

b)

Oberon will make his wife give him the Indian boy as his page.

c)

He will put the love liquid (the flower juice) into the eyes of the "lovely boy stolen from an Indian king."

d)

He will put the love liquid (the flower juice) in Titania's eyes.

6.

Helena pursues Demetrius because...

a)

she loves him.

b)

Demetrius has been transformed into a dog.

c)

she is pregnant with Demetrius' child.

d)

she had the love liquid (the flower juice) trickled into her eyes.

7.

True or False: Titania and Oberon are the King and Queen Fairies.

a)

This statement is true.

b)

This statement is false.

8.

Oberon watches Demetrius and Helena's argument and tells Puck to put the magic flower juice on whose eyes?

a)

Demetrius

b)

Helena

c)

Lysander

d)

Hermia

9.

Who does Demetrius leave alone in the woods?

a)

Hermia

b)

Lysander

c)

Puck

d)

Helena

10.

Oberon sends Puck on an errand to do something for him. What is it?

a)

To meet with Titania's fairies and create peace.

b)

To find the magical flower and bring to him.

c)

To go to Theseus and ask for his help in solving the problem between him and Titania.

d)

To find Egeus and create a plan to win Titania's love back.

11.

A long speech in which a character who is alone (or believes themselves to be alone) expresses their thoughts out loud.

a)

Monologue

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Dialogue

d)

Drama

12.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is considered what? Select ALL that apply.

a)

A play

b)

A drama

c)

A tragedy

d)

A comedy

13.

What is an example of an archaic word?

a)

Nosegay

b)

Hence

c)

Sweetmeat

d)

Yet

14.

A two-line stanza that traditionally rhymes

a)

Quatrain

b)

Blank Verse

c)

Couplet

d)

Iambic Pentameter

15.

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows/ Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows..." is an example of what?

a)

Couplet

b)

Imagery

c)

Quatrain

d)

Metaphor

16.

A moment when a character uses the wrong word without meaning to

a)

Malapropism

b)

Archaic

c)

Double Entendre

d)

Pun

17.

"I am your spaniel, and, Demetrius/ The more you beat me I will fawn on you/ Use me but as your spaniel: spurn me, strike me/ Neglect me, lose me..." is an example of what?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Conceit

d)

Imagery

18.

A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other

a)

Conceit

b)

Antithesis

c)

Aphorism

d)

Simile

19.

"But I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove..." is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Imagery

d)

Conceit

20.

A fanciful elaborate metaphor which leans towards an over-exaggeration of beauty

a)

Conceit

b)

Metaphor

c)

Antithesis

d)

Aphorism