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Mid Summer Night's Dream

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

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.

a)

Love is based on logical evidence (the mind), not beauty (the eye).

b)

Love does not appeal to logical, visible evidence (the eye); it appeals to the illogical imagination (the mind).

c)

Love is based on beauty (the eye), not logical evidence (the mind).

d)

Love is based on visible characteristics (the eye), not on imagination (the mind).

2.

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

a)

"And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,/ So he dissolved, and show'rs of oaths did melt."

b)

"He will not know what all but he do know./ And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes"

c)

"Then to the wood will he to-morrow night/ Pursue her..."

d)

"How happy some o'er other some can be! / Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."

3.

Who does Egeus want Hermia to marry?

a)

Demetrius

b)

Lysander

c)

Theseus

4.

What will happen to Hermia if she refuses to marry Demetrius?

a)

She will become a servant to the Duke of Athens

b)

She will be banished to the forest

c)

She can choose death or to become a nun

5.

What do Hermia and Lysander agree to do?

a)

She will obey her father and marry Demetrius

b)

She will obey her father but she will poison Demetrius after the wedding so she can marry Lysander

c)

She and Lysander will run away together and go to his aunt's house in the forest and get married

6.

Why is Oberon angry with Titania?

a)

She has a young boy as her servant and Oberon wants him for himself but she refuses to share the child with him

b)

She is love with someone else and Oberon is Heartbroken

c)

She cast a spell on him

7.

Who is the first Athenian Puck anoints with the potion?

a)

Demetrius

b)

Helena

c)

Lysander

d)

Hermia

8.

What happens when Titania wakes up?

a)

She sees Lysander and she falls in love with him

b)

She sees Bottom and falls in love with him

c)

She sees Demetrius and falls in love with him

9.

What does Puck do to the lovers to stop Demetrius and Lysander from dueling?

a)

He disguises his voice to lure them away from one another; he puts them to sleep

b)

He disguises himself as one of the lovers

c)

He kills Helena

10.

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?

a)

He orders Hermia to marry Demetrius

b)

He orders the guards to imprison Lysander

c)

He orders the lovers to be married with he and Hippolyta in the temple.

11.

Where does A Midsummer Night's Dream take place?

a)

Paris and the French countryside

b)

Athens and the magical forest

c)

London and The Globe Theatre

d)

Stratford on the Avon and London

12.

Which of the following lines contains and allusion?

a)

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,"

b)

"But herein I mean to enrich my pain,"

c)

"Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste;"

d)

"And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind;"

13.

What is the main theme of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

a)

Love and its complications

b)

War and peace

c)

Betrayal and revenge

d)

Friendship and loyalty

14.

Who is the author of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Jane Austen

d)

Mark Twain

15.

Which character is transformed to have a donkey's head in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

a)

Bottom

b)

Puck

c)

Oberon

d)

Lysander