Question 1

What will be Hermia’s fate if she refuses to marry Demetrius?

Accepted Answer

She will have to choose to die or live as a cloistered nun

Answer

She will become a servant in her father's house

Answer

She will be banished to the wilderness

Answer

She will be blinded and driven off to live as a beggar

Question 2

To what do Lysander and Hermia agree?

Accepted Answer

To meet the next night in the woods to escape to Lysander's aunt's house

Answer

To go to the temple, make offerings to the gods, and ask for their help

Answer

They will stand together and defy her father

Answer

She yields to her father's wishes, poisons Demetrius soon after the marriage, and marries Lysander

Question 3

What hope does Helena gain by telling Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia's flight?

Accepted Answer

She anticipates the sweet pain of following him to and from the appointed wood while he pursues Hermia

Answer

She is jealous and wants to get Hermia in as much trouble as possible

Answer

She wants Lysander to marry her instead

Answer

She expects a monetary reward from Egeus for stopping Hermia

Question 4

On what mission does Oberon send Puck?

Accepted Answer

Oberon sends Puck to find a flower that has been struck by Cupid's arrow, so he may anoint the sleeping Tatiana, causing her to blindly fall in love with the first creature she sees upon awakening

Answer

Oberon sends Puck to find the young boy's parents so they can rescue him

Answer

Oberon sends Puck to beg the queen to hear his request

Answer

Oberon sends Puck to destroy the wedding feast by causing a great storm

Question 5

Upon overhearing Demetrius and Helena, what does Oberon command Puck to do?

Accepted Answer

He sends Puck to anoint the boy's eyes as he sleeps so that upon waking he will see the maid and love her

Answer

Oberon sends Puck to make them have dreams about what the other will look like in forty years, so they will not want to marry each other

Answer

He sends Puck to cause a terrible storm that will force them to abandon their plan and return home

Answer

Oberon commands Puck to send a message to Helena's father and tell him her plan

Question 6

Upon whose eyes does Puck apply the potion the first time?

Accepted Answer

He does Lysander's eyes

Answer

He does Hermia's eyes

Answer

He does Demetrius's eyes

Answer

He does Egeus's eyes

Question 7

What has Puck done to Bottom?

Accepted Answer

He has changed Bottom's head into that of an ass

Answer

He has changed Bottom's voice to a croak

Answer

He has given Bottom claws for hands

Answer

He has given Bottom hooves and a tail

Question 8

What remedy corrects the crossed-loved couple?

Accepted Answer

Puck drips the potion into Lysander's eyes so he will again love Hermia

Answer

Oberon confronts them, tells them what happened, and asks them to make their own choices

Answer

The aroma from the woods clears their senses

Answer

One of the craftsmen plays a love tune that secretly whispers the names of their true love to each of them

Question 9

Why did Shakespeare include a play within a play?

Accepted Answer

He used it in place of an intermission to help refocus the audience's attention

Answer

He had been commissioned to write a play for a certain length, and he fell short, so the play within a play was a filler to take up time

Answer

During Shakespeare's time, the audience would appreciate the jests and comments

Answer

He uses it as a semi-veiled political speech

Question 10

The last speech of the play has many purposes. Which of these in NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

It reminds the audience that the actors will gladly accept monetary donations after the play

Answer

It asks that the audience enjoy or else pardon frivolous entertainment

Answer

It closes the play

Answer

It thanks the audience

Question 11

It is suspected that the day Shakespeare was born and the day Shakespeare died was the same day 52 years apart.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 12

Match the following descriptions with the correct character

Question 13

Match the following descriptions with the correct character

Question 14

Match the following descriptions with the correct character

Question 15

Match the following words with the correct definition

Question 16

Match the following words with the correct definition

Question 17

Match the following words with the correct definition

Question 18

Match the following words with the correct definition

Related quizzes

Related quizzes