Starter quiz

  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why is Helena so unhappy at the beginning of the play?
    • Her father won't let her marry the man she wants.
    • Her friend, Hermia, is running away from Athens.
    • Lysander doesn't love her.
    • Demetrius doesn't love her.  ✓
    • Theseus doesn't love her.
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why are Oberon and Titania in conflict at the beginning of Act 2?
    • Oberon is in love with Hermia.
    • Titania wants Puck to be her servant.
    • They disagree about how to use the magical potion.
    • Titania refuses to give Oberon a little boy he wants.  ✓
    • Oberon refuses to give Oberon a little boy she wants.
  • At the beginning of a 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', both Lysander and Demetrius love...
    • 'Hermia' ✓
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', after having the magical potion applied to them, both Athenian men love...
    • 'Helena' ✓
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', how does Puck create chaos amongst the Rude Mechanicals, the poor Athenian actors who are rehearsing the play in the forest?
    • He applies the magical potion to Bottom.
    • He transforms Bottom's head that of a donkey.  ✓
    • He transforms himself into different things to scare them.  ✓
    • He brings them before Titania, Queen of the forest.
    • He transforms himself into disappearing chairs so they fall down.
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which of the following are orders that Oberon gives Puck?
    • to transform Bottom into a ridiculous creature
    • to put the magical potion on Titania
    • to put the magical potion on Demetrius  ✓
    • to bring Helena to him  ✓
    • to find the magical potion for him  ✓
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