A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
Test Review
What genre of play is A
Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Is A Midsummer Night’s
Dream a tragedy or a
comedy?
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A comedy
Which of the young
Athenians is first affected by
the love potion?
Which of the young
Athenians is first affected by
the love potion?
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Lysander
Which man does Hermia’s
father want her to marry?
Which man does Hermia’s
father want her to marry?
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Demetrius
Where do Lysander and
Hermia plan to be married?
Where do Lysander and
Hermia plan to be married?

At Lysander’s aunt’s house
What part of Helena’s
appearance does Hermia insult
when the four are fighting in
Act 3 Scene 2 because she
believes Helena has used to win
Lysander’s love?
What part of her appearance
does Hermia believe Helena
has exploited to win
Lysander’s love?
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Her height-Helena is tall and Hermia is
very short
What does Oberon want
that Titania refuses to give
him?
What does Oberon want
that Titania refuses to give
him?

Her attendant, a little Indian boy
In the workingmen’s play,
why does Pyramus kill
himself?
In the craftsmen’s play, why
does Pyramus kill himself?

He believes that Thisbe has been killed
by a lion because he finds her
tattered, bloody veil at their meeting
place
Who brings the complaint
against Hermia to Theseus
in Act I?
Who brings the complaint
against Hermia to Theseus
in Act I?

Her father, Egeus
What are Hermia’s choices if
she refuses to marry
Demetrius?
What are Hermia’s choices if
she refuses to marry
Demetrius?

She can become a nun or be put to
death.
Of what tribe is Hippolyta
the queen?
Of what tribe is Hippolyta
the queen?
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The Amazons
What unusual way has
Theseus “wooed” Hippolyta?
What unusual way has
Theseus “wooed” Hippolyta?
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He has “wooed” her with his swordmeaning that he has conquered her
and her tribe in battle.
How does Puck prevent
Demetrius and Lysander
from fighting?
How does Puck prevent
Demetrius and Lysander
from fighting?
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He mimics their voices and causes
them to get lost in different parts of
the woods.
Which of the women is
afraid of fighting and runs
away in 3.2?
Which of the women is
afraid of fighting?
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Helena
Whom does Demetrius love
at the end of the play?
Whom does Demetrius love
at the end of the play?
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Helena
Why are a group of Athenian
workingmen planning to put
on a play?
Why are a group of Athenian
craftsmen planning to put
on a play?

They plan to perform for the wedding
of Theseus and Hippolyta.
With whom does Titania
fall in love in Act III?
With whom does Titania
fall in love in Act III?
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Bottom
What prank does Puck
play on Bottom?
What prank does Puck
play on Bottom?

He changes his head into that of a
donkey.
Whose idea is it to use the
love potion on Titania?
Whose idea is it to use the
love potion on Titania?

It is Oberon’s idea.
Who are Mustardseed,
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, and
Moth?
Who are Mustardseed,
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, and
Moth?

They are Titania’s attendants who also
wait on Bottom while Titania is in love
with him.
Who are Titania and
Oberon?
Who are Titania and
Oberon?

They are the king and queen of the
fairies.
What is Titania’s reason for
refusing to give up the little
Indian boy?
What is Titania’s reason for
refusing to give up the little
Indian boy?

His mother was a votaress of her
order and a dear friend of hers.
How has the fight between
Titania and Oberon caused
disturbances in the natural
world?
How has the fight between
Titania and Oberon caused
disturbances in the natural
world?

The seasons are all mixed up.
Why is the flower whose
juice Oberon seeks special?
Why is the flower whose
juice Oberon seeks special?

One of Cupid’s arrows struck it.
What effect does it have
when the juice of this flower
is put on someone’s eyes?
What effect does it have
when the juice of this flower
is put on someone’s eyes?
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They fall in love with the first
person/thing they see when they wake
up.
Who tells Demetrius that
Lysander and Hermia are
planning to elope?
Who tells Demetrius that
Lysander and Hermia are
planning to elope?
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Helena
How many weddings take
place at the end of the play?
How many weddings take
place at the end of the play?
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Three
Who suggests that the
audience consider whether
the entire play has been a
dream?
Who suggests that the
audience consider whether
the entire play has been a
dream?
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Robin Goodfellow
Who wants to play all of the
parts in the workingmen’s
play?
Who wants to play all of the
parts in the craftsmen’s
play?

Bottom
How does Robin confuse the
situation between the four
young Athenian lovers?
How does Robin confuse the
situation between the four
young Athenian lovers?
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Oberon tells him to put the potion in
Demetrius’s eyes, but Robin puts it in
Lysander’s eyes by mistake. So then
Lysander is in love with Helena instead
of Hermia.
What is the relationship
between Helena and
Hermia?
What is the relationship
between Helena and
Hermia?

They have grown up together and
were best friends until this situation
developed.
Who was still under the
power of the magic
flower even at the end of
the story?
Who was still under the
power of the magic
flower even at the end of
the story?
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Demetrius
. From his dialogue (the
way he speaks), we learn
that Bottom is—
. From his dialogue (the
way he speaks), we learn
that Bottom is—
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Poorly educated
Dramatic irony occurs
when Bottom is
transformed because he—
Dramatic irony occurs
when Bottom is
transformed because he—

does not realize he has changed when
the audience does
The play Pyramus and
Thisbe reminds us of
which of Shakespeare’s
other plays?
The play Pyramus and
Thisbe reminds us of
which of Shakespeare’s
other plays?

Romeo and Juliet
Who plays Bottom’s lover
in the play Pyramus and
Thisbe?
Who plays Bottom’s lover
in the play Pyramus and
Thisbe?

Flute
What is Snug’s real
profession?
What is Snug’s real
profession?

A joiner
What inanimate objects
must be performed by the
workingmen in Pyramus
and Thisbe?
What inanimate objects
must be performed by the
workingmen in Pyramus
and Thisbe?
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The moon and the wall
In Act 1 Scene 1, Lysander tells Hermia,
“Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,/ War,
death, or sickness did laysiege to it,/ Making it
momentany as a sound,/ Swift as a shadow, short
as any dream,/ Brief as the lightning in the collied
night,/ That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and
earth,/ And ere a man hath power to say ‘Behold!’/
The jaws of darkness do devour it up.”
What type of figurative language is this?
In Act 1 Scene 1, Lysander tells Hermia,
“Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,/ War,
death, or sickness did laysiege to it,/ Making it
momentany as a sound,/ Swift as a shadow, short
as any dream,/ Brief as the lightning in the collied
night,/ That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and
earth,/ And ere a man hath power to say ‘Behold!’/
The jaws of darkness do devour it up.”
What type of figurative language is this?
Epic Simile
Why does Oberon plan to
use the magic flower in
Act 2, Scene 1?
Why does Oberon plan to
use the magic flower in
Act 2, Scene 1?

To make his wife fall in love with
something ridiculous
In Act 3 Scene 1 Titania
says to Bottom, “And I
will purge thy mortal
grossness so/That thou
shalt like an airy spirit
go…” This means…
In Act 3 Scene 1 Titania says to
Bottom, “And I will purge thy
mortal grossness so/That thou
shalt like an airy spirit go…”
This means…

Titania will transform him into an immortal
spirit.
. In Act 5 Scene 1 Theseus
calls the description of
Pyramus and Thisbe {“a
tedious brief scene of young
Pyramus and his love Thisbe,
very tragical mirth”} “hot
ice.” Why?
. In Act 5 Scene 1 Theseus calls
the description of Pyramus and
Thisbe {“a tedious brief scene
of young Pyramus and his love
Thisbe, very tragical mirth”}
“hot ice.” Why?

Because it is an oxymoron just like the
description of the play.
In Act 4 Scene 1 Oberon tells Puck, “When
I had at my pleasure taunted her,/ And she
in mild terms begged my patience,/I then
did ask of her her changeling child,/Which
straight she gave me…”
This means…
In Act 4 Scene 1 Oberon tells Puck, “When
I had at my pleasure taunted her,/ And she
in mild terms begged my patience,/I then
did ask of her her changeling child,/Which
straight she gave me…”
This means…

Oberon made fun of Titania while she
was in love with Bottom until she gave
him the boy
In Act 3 Scene 1 after Bottom has
been enchanted by Puck, why is it
funny that he says to Snout, “What do
you see? You see an ass-head of your own,
do you?”?
In Act 3 Scene 1 after Bottom has
been enchanted by Puck, why is it
funny that he says to Snout, “What do
you see? You see an ass-head of your own,
do you?”?

It’s funny because Bottom really does
have an ass-head but he doesn’t know
it.
Who is chosen to play the
lion in the craftsmen’s
play?
Who is chosen to play the
lion in the craftsmen’s
play?

Snug
. In Act 1 Scene 1, Hermia
says, “But I beseech your Grace
that I may know/ The worst that
may befall me in this case / If I
refuse to wed Demetrius.”
Beseech means…
. In Act 1 Scene 1, Hermia
says, “But I beseech your Grace
that I may know/ The worst that
may befall me in this case / If I
refuse to wed Demetrius.”
Beseech means…
Plead; Request; Beg
Demetrius tells Egeus in 4.1, “…my
love to Hermia,/Melted as the snow,
seems to me now/ As the remembrance
of an idle gaud,/ Which in my childhood
I did dote upon…”
He’s telling Egeus that…
Demetrius tells Egeus in 4.1, “…my
love to Hermia,/Melted as the snow,
seems to me now/ As the remembrance
of an idle gaud,/ Which in my childhood
I did dote upon…”
He’s telling Egeus that…

I’m not in love with Hermia anymore, my
love for her was like a silly toy I played with
as a child
The workingmen ironically describe
their play as “the most lamentable
comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus
and Thisbe.’” Lamentable means …
The workingmen ironically describe
their play as “the most lamentable
comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus
and Thisbe.’” Lamentable means …
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Regrettable; Tragic
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Tyrant
Cowslip
Votaress
Conceive
Wanton
Embark
Gait
Mortals
Changeling
Jest
Lurk
Stage Directions
 Minimus
 Nuptial
 Wane
 Subtext
 Roundel
 Feigning
 Hempen Homespuns
 Entice
 Gambol
 Iambic Pentameter