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WorksheetsMidsummer Night's Dream Act I
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
In this passage, Helena speaks her thoughts aloud in a long speech not intended for others to hear. What is this technique called?
aside
soliloquy
monologue
dramatic irony
What is ironic about Helena's criticizing Demetrius' obsession with Hermia?
She is just as obsessed with Demetrius as he is with Hermia
Hermia is unaware of Demetrius' obsession.
Demetrius is unaware that Helena is obsessed with him.
Helena believes she is more beautiful than Hermia.
Helena says, "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind." Which of the following interpretations can best be supported with details from the text.
Love is based on logical evidence (the mind), not beauty (the eye).
Love does not appeal to logical, visible evidence (the eye); it appeals to the illogical imagination (the mind).
Love is based on beauty (the eye), not logical evidence (the mind).
Love is based on visible characteristics (the eye), not on imagination (the mind).
What do Hermia and Lysander agree to do?
She will obey her father and marry Demetrius
She will obey her father but she will poison Demetrius after the wedding so she can marry Lysander
She and Lysander will run away together and go to his aunt's house in the forest and get married
What does Puck do to the lovers to stop Demetrius and Lysander from dueling?
He disguises his voice to lure them away from one another; he puts them to sleep
He disguises himself as one of the lovers
He kills Helena
After they wake up, Theseus sees that Demetrius and Helena are in love and Lysander and Hermia are in love, what does he order the couples to do?
He orders Hermia to marry Demetrius
He orders the guards to imprison Lysander
He orders the lovers to be married with he and Hippolyta in the temple.
Which of the following lines contains and allusion?
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,"
"But herein I mean to enrich my pain,"
"Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste;"
"And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind;"
Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?
"And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,/ So he dissolved, and show'rs of oaths did melt."
"He will not know what all but he do know./ And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes"
"Then to the wood will he to-morrow night/ Pursue her..."
"How happy some o'er other some can be! / Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."
Who does Egeus want Hermia to marry?
Demetrius
Lysander
Theseus
What will happen to Hermia if she refuses to marry Demetrius?
She will become a servant to the Duke of Athens
She will be banished to the forest
She can choose death or to become a nun
Who is Theseus engaged to?
Hermia
Helena
Hippolyta
Why is Oberon angry with Titania?
She has a young boy as her servant and Oberon wants him for himself but she refuses to share the child with him
She is love with someone else and Oberon is Heartbroken
She cast a spell on him
Who is the first Athenian Puck anoints with the potion?
Demetrius
Helena
Lysander
Hermia
What happens when Titania wakes up?
She sees Lysander and she falls in love with him
She sees Bottom and falls in love with him
She sees Demetrius and falls in love with him
In Act I of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what is the main conflict introduced regarding Hermia?
A) Hermia is in love with Demetrius, but he loves Helena.
B) Hermia wants to marry Lysander, but her father wants her to marry Demetrius.
C) Hermia is forbidden to marry anyone by the Duke.
D) Hermia is already married to Lysander, but her father disapproves.
