Reading Comprehension Check: Act 1 & Act 2
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Name: __________________________________
1. Where is the play set?
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2. List the names of the “four lovers” that we meet in Act 1:
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3. What important event are the group of actors preparing their play for?
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4. Theseus has given Hermia three options to choose between before his wedding
day. List the three choices: __________________________________________
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5. What does Oberon hope to accomplish by using the love potion on Titania?
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6. At the end of Act 2, Lysander loves Helena, not Hermia. How is this possible?
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7. How does Helena learn of Hermia and Lysander’s plan to elope?
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8. Why does Helena tell Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander’s plan?
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9. What is Titania devoting her time and attention to that has made Oberon jealous?
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10. How did Titania come to be responsible for the baby boy?
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BONUS! Which real-life English monarch helped inspire Shakespeare’s use of the love
potion? ______________________________________________________________