A Midsummer Night's Dream Practice Final Assessment
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- Q1What upcoming event is Theseus and Hippolyta discussing at the play's start?a security breachthe enchanted forestEgueus's requesttheir upcoming wedding30s
- Q2Why is Egeus so upset? What request does he approach Duke Theseus with and ask him to enforce?He wishes for His daughter, Hermia, to be married to Lysander, but she loves and desires someone else.He thinks he is paying too much money in dowry offerings.He wants to stop the marriage of Duke Theseus to Hippolyta.He wishes for his daughter, Hermia, to be married to Demetrius, but she loves and desires someone else.30s
- Q3What will be Hermia's fate if she does not marry the man her father chooses for her?She will be imprisoned for the remainder of her life.She will become a permanent servant to Duke Theseus and Hippolyta.She will no longer be allowed to live in the town of Athens.She may choose to die or live as a nun.30s
- Q4To what do Lysander and Hermia agree in order to escape her fate for disobedience toward her father?to kill Egeusto break up and marry other peopleto run away from Athens to be togetherto trick Demetrius into wedding Helena30s
- Q5How does Hippolyta come to be betrothed (engaged to be married) to Theseus?He courted her for many years.They have an arranged marriage.He has defeated her in battle and won her hand in marriage as a peace settlement.The town has chosen Hippolyta to be married to Duke Theseus.30s
- Q6What does Helena hope will happen when she tells Demetrius about Hermia & Lysander's flight into the woods?She wants Lysander to marry her instead.She expects a monetary reward from Egeus for stopping Hermia's escape.She hopes Demetrius forgets about Hermia and chooses her for a wife/partner.She is jealous and wants to get Hermia in as much trouble as possible.30s
- Q7Why is Oberon angry with his queen, Titania?She has recently put two of his companions in jail for mischievous conduct. He has asked her to release them, but she has refused.She has much more money than he does, and will not give him the sum he wants to have available to use for his own entertainment.She has a book of spells that he wants to use, but she won't let him use it.She keeps a young boy as her attendant, and Oberon wants the boy for himself. She refuses to share the child.30s
- Q8After she awakens from a spell, why does Titania willingly give Oberon the child she was fiercely protecting?She suddenly dislikes the child.She is relieved to released from a spell and together again with Oberon.The child reminds her of Bottom.She does not want Bottom to take the child.30s
- Q9When given the part of a woman, Flute gets upset because he will have to shave his new beard. Why not just ask a woman to play a woman's part in the play?Women were not allowed to perform in plays.The mechanicals did not have any friend that were women.The mechanicals do not want to involve their wives in their extracurriculars.There are no woman actors available.30s
- Q10Why does Lysander tell Hermia that "the course of true love never did run smooth" in Act 1?He wants her to know that any relationship will have its ups and downs; a relationship cannot be perfect.He wants to date other people.He wants to break up with her and end the relationship.They have many fights and he is trying to convince her that fighting in a relationship is acceptable.30s
- Q11Helena dotes on an inconstant man who does not love her back. What does Helena mean when she says the following: "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind."It means that it shouldn't matter what a person looks like, you love them for their personality and what's inside.Demetrius is not good looking, but she loves him regardless.Cupid is playing a trick of her.She has been struck with an arrow by Cupid and has no choice in her love.30s
- Q12Quince (a mechanical) says the following: "...meet me in the palace wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight; there will we rehearse." Why do the mechanicals want to rehearse in the woods?They wish for the fairies to be an audience.They know it is enchanted and hope to use the magic to help them be more successful.They want to rehearse in secret because they think other may try to steal their ideals.The woods is the setting of their play.30s
- Q13What does Oberon send Puck to fetch for him in order to get revenge on Titania?Oberon sends Puck to find a flower that has been struck by Cupid's arrow, so he may anoint the sleeping Titania, causing her to fall in love with the first creature she sees upon awakening.Oberon sends Puck to destroy the wedding feast by causing a great storm.Oberon sends Puck to find the parents of the young boy so they can rescue him.Oberon sends Puck to beg the queen to hear his requests.30s
- Q14Upon overhearing Demetrius and Helena, what does Oberon command Puck to do with the flower out of pity for Helena and disdain for Demetrius?Oberon commands Puck to send a message to Helena's father and tell him of her plan.He sends Puck to anoint the Athenian youth's eyes as he sleeps so that upon waking he will see the maid and love her.Oberon sends Puck to make him have dreams about what the other will look like in forty years so they will not want to marry each other.He sends Puck to cause a terrible storm that will force them to abandon their plan and return home.30s
- Q15Upon whose eyes does Puck (MISTAKENLY) apply the potion?EgeusLysanderHermiaDemetrius30s