WorksheetsMidsummer Night's Dream Anticipation Guide
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the name of the play to be performed by the tradesmen?
The Most Lamentable Comedy and Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Most Lamentable Comedy and Cruel Death of Hermia and Lysander
Twisted Love in Athens
Why are the tradesmen performing Pyramus and Thisbe?
to entertain Oberon & Titania
to celebrate Theseus & Hippolyta's wedding
to woo Titania
Who are "The Mechanicals"?
A group of workers who also put on plays
The group organizing all activities to celebrate Theseus' wedding
What the noblemen in Athens call themselves
Hippolyta's bodyguards
Who is the lead director of the Mechanicals?
Nick Bottom
Snug
Peter Quince
Starveling
What is the reason Flute does not wish to play the part of Thisbe in the play Pyramus and Thisbe?
He wants to be the lion
He does not like the play
He has trouble learning lines
He has a beard coming in
What role does Nick Bottom wish to play?
Pyramus because it is the lead role
Thisbe because he can speak in a perfect "little voice"
The lion because he can roar better than anyone else
All the roles because he thinks he is the best actor among all the actors in the company
How does Peter 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 he will get to be a tiger in the next play
He tells him that his roar would be so good it would scare the audience
Why does Peter Quince have so much trouble controlling the meeting of the mechanicals (tradesmen)?
Because he forgot why they are meeting
Because Bottom keeps interrupting
Because he's too nervous about performing at the Duke's wedding
Because he's hungry
What do the craftsmen believe will happen if they scare the ladies?
They will be executed
They will get a standing ovation
They will be asked do another performance
Where do the Mechanicals plan to meet to rehearse?
Bottom's house
They do not plan on rehearsing at all
Theseus' castle
The woods
Overconfident weaver/actor; makes silly mistakes
Nick Bottom
Robin Starveling
Francis Flute
Snug
A carpenter and leader of the craftsmen's attempt to put on a play
Peter Quince
Nick Bottom
Francis Flute
Snug
A bellows-mender chosen to play a girl in the craftsmen's play
Francis Flute
Snug
Tom Snout
Peter Quince
A tailor who plays the mood in the craftsmen's play
Robin Starveling
Peter Quince
Nick Bottom
Tom Snout
A tinker who plays the wall in the craftsmen's play
Tom Snout
Peter Quince
Snug
Nick Bottom
A joiner chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen's play
Snug
Robin Starveling
Tom Snout
Nick Bottom
