WorksheetsAMND Review 2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 22mins
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
She will be forced to marry him anyways
Match the following characters with what they are looking for in the forest.
The mischievous fairies
Oberon and Titania
The lost Athenian lovers
Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus
The Mechanicals and their play
Bottom and his troupe
The magical flower
Puck
Helena, a childhood friend of Hermia, is in love with Demetrius. Demetrius, however, is in love with Hermia. What does Helena decide to do after learning of Hermia and Lysander's plan to elope?
She decides to help them escape.
She decides to tell Demetrius about their plan.
She decides to run away and join a convent.
She decides to confront Egeus about his cruelty.
The play is set in Athens and the surrounding woods. What is the significance of the woods in Act I?
It is a place of danger and mystery.
It is a place of refuge and escape.
It is a place of magic and enchantment.
It is a place of celebration and revelry.
Helena is heartbroken over Demetrius's rejection. She compares love to a child. Why does she make this comparison?
Love is innocent and pure.
Love is fickle and easily swayed.
Love is playful and mischievous.
Love is blind and irrational.
Lysander and Hermia become lost in the woods and decide to rest. Why do they sleep apart from each other?
They are angry with each other.
They are trying to avoid the fairies.
They want to maintain their modesty.
They are afraid of wild animals.
The conflict between Oberon and Titania reflects a larger theme in the play. What is this theme?
The power of love to cause both joy and pain
The struggle for power in relationships
The importance of dreams
The conflict between nature and civilization
The importance of obedience to authority is a theme in Act I of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Which of the following is NOT a theme in Act I?
The importance of obedience to authority
The dangers of ambition and greed
The conflict between nature and civilization
The love potion is a symbol of the unpredictable nature of love. What other elements in Act II contribute to the theme of love's unpredictability?
The changing seasons
The fairies' mischievous pranks
The characters' dreams and illusions
The conflict between Athens and the Amazons
The Mechanicals are concerned about the potential impact of their play on the audience. What specific scene worries them the most?
The scene where Pyramus kills himself with a sword
The scene where Thisbe is chased by a lion
The scene where the lovers meet under the moonlight
The scene where the wall separates the lovers
Oberon wants to correct Puck's mistake and restore order to the situation. What does he instruct Puck to do?
Gather more of the love potion flower.
Apologize to the Athenian lovers.
Create a fog to separate the lovers and reapply the potion correctly.
Wake up Titania and tell her the truth about Bottom.
The scene ends with Oberon expressing confidence that the situation will be resolved by morning. What does this suggest about the nature of the play's conflicts?
The conflicts are permanent and will have lasting consequences.
The conflicts are temporary and can be resolved through magical intervention.
The conflicts are a result of human flaws and cannot be easily fixed.
The conflicts are a test of the characters' love and loyalty.
The Mechanicals are worried because Bottom is missing. Why is his presence important to them?
He is their leader.
He is the only one who knows their lines.
He is the one who secured their performance for the Duke.
He is the most talented actor in the group.
What is the main theme explored in Act IV of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
The power of dreams and illusions
The importance of social class and hierarchy
The conflict between love and duty
The dangers of ambition and pride
The resolution of the conflict between Oberon and Titania signifies a return to harmony in the natural world. What event symbolizes this return to harmony?
The rising of the sun
The singing of the fairies
The blooming of the magical flower
The dance between Oberon and Titania
Puck delivers the final monologue of the play. To whom does he address this monologue?
The audience
The other characters
The fairies
The king
The play-within-a-play, "Pyramus and Thisbe," serves as a commentary on the nature of theater. What aspect of theater does it highlight?
The importance of realistic sets and costumes
The power of imagination to create meaning
The need for skilled actors and directors
The role of theater in social commentary
Reorder the following as they appear in the narrative
Duke Theseus's upcoming wedding to Hippolyta is being celebrated.
Helena tells Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander's plan, hoping to win his love.
Oberon instructs Puck to use a love potion on Demetrius to make him fall in love with Helena.
Titania falls in love with Bottom, who has been transformed into a donkey.
Theseus and Hippolyta watch the mechanicals' play and the lovers' celebration.
Reorder the following as they appear in the narrative
Hermia is ordered by Theseus to marry Demetrius, but she loves Lysander.
Oberon and Titania, the fairy king and queen, are in conflict over a changeling boy.
Puck mistakenly uses the love potion on Lysander, causing chaos in the forest.
The mechanicals, a group of amateur actors, rehearse a play in the forest.
Puck addresses the audience and asks for forgiveness and support.
Reorder the following events as they appear in the narrative
Theseus, the Duke of Athens, announces his upcoming marriage to Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons.
Hermia pleads her case to Theseus, expressing her love for Lysander and her desire to marry him.
Lysander and Hermia make plans to elope and escape the Athenian law by fleeing to the forest.
Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, reveals Hermia and Lysander's plan in hopes of gaining Demetrius's favor.
A young Athenian man in love with Hermia
Lysander
A young Athenian man who has a complicated history as Helena's former lover (but with his eyes now set on Hermia)
Demetrius
A childhood friend of Hermia and still obsessed with her old flame, Demetrius
Helena
An exuberant weaver who has a lead role in Quince's play and gets unknowingly caught up in Oberon's hijinks
Nick Bottom
A carpenter who becomes the director and playwright for a script he's prepared for the royals
Peter Quince
King of the Fairies and the mastermind behind the love swapping
Oberon
Queen of the Fairies who spends an otherworldly night in love with a donkey as payback for opposing Oberon's wishes
Titania
(Alias Robin Goodfellow) a righthand man to Oberon and prankster directly involved in the romantic shenanigans
Puck
Who said it?
Be advised, fair maid:
To you your father should be as a god,
Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania.
What thou seest when thou dost wake,
And with the juice of this I'll streak her eyes,
Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay.
I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.
Let me play the lion too. I will roar that I will do any man's heart good to hear me.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Are of imagination all compact.
More strange than true: I never may believe
These antique fables, nor these fairy toys.
When I vow, I weep
So quick bright things come to confusion
According to Theseus, why is Demetrius more deserving than Lysander?
Because Demetrius is wealthier than Lysander.
Because Egeus supports Demetrius.
Because Hermia prefers Lysander.
Because Theseus personally likes Demetrius more.
Identify who said it: "Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."
Helena
Titania
Robin
Hermia
What does the following quote demonstrate about the society: "To your father you should be as a god..."
the influence of the patriarchy
the view of women promoted by Shakespeare
The influence of the king
Titania's rule of the forest
Why does Quince have so much trouble controlling the meeting of the mechanicals?
Because he forgot why they are meeting
Because he's too nervous about performing at the Duke's wedding
Because Bottom keeps interrupting
Because he's hungry
What is the reason that 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 kind of comments were upsetting Hermia during the Lover's Quarrel scene?
Comments about her being unintelligent
Comments about her being ugly
Comments about her being short
Comments about her parents
What hope does Helena have by telling Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia's flight?
She hopes he might change his mind about her and fall back in love with her.
She wants to make her friend angry because she is jealous.
She secretly is in love with Lysander and hopes that this will help her.
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.
