Starter quiz

  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', how does the character of Puck help restore order in Act 3?
    • He removes the magical potion from Titania.
    • He removes the magical potion from Demetrius.
    • Her removes the magical potion from Lysander.  ✓
    • He removes the magical potion from Helena.
    • He removes the magical potion from Bottom.
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', how does the character of Puck create chaos?
    • He brings the Athenian nobles to the magical forest.
    • He makes Bottom fall in love with Titania.
    • He disobeys Oberon, focusing his energies on Bottom rather than Lysander.
    • He puts the magal potion on Lysander by accident.  ✓
    • He transforms Bottom's head into the head of a donkey.  ✓
  • The first audiences of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' were Elizabethan. Elizabethan society was intensely hierarchical. What does this mean?
    • They cared about how hard you worked rather than titles, money and status.
    • Some people were considered more important than others.  ✓
    • They believed in the supernatural, and that fairies were superior to them.
    • It was a very ordered society where status was important.  ✓
    • All humans were equal, but God was at the top of the hierarchy.
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck interacts with most of the characters in the play. Match each character to Puck's involvement with them.
    • Oberon
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      obeys his commands ✓
    • Bottom
      ⇔
      transforms his head into that o donkey ✓
    • Lysander
      ⇔
      puts the magical potion on him by mistake ✓
    • Demetrius
      ⇔
      doesn't put the antidote on him ✓
    • Helena
      ⇔
      laughs at her distress ✓
    • Hermia
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      feels sorry for her when he sees her lying on the ground sleeping ✓
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why is Titania and Bottom's relationship an example of disorder?
    • Titania is a fairy, Bottom is a human.  ✓
    • Titania is meant to be in love with Puck, not Bottom.
    • Bottom's transformatin makes him monstrous.  ✓
    • They are of differing status.  ✓
    • Titania is presented as a character who isn't meant to love anyone.
  • In Act 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why does Puck want to watch the Athenian nobles in chaos?
    • He considers it a form of entertainment.  ✓
    • He knows he can wait for them to sort themselves out.
    • He deliberately created this chaos and feels proud watching it unfold.
    • He says it is a hobby of his to watch distress.  ✓
    • This is how he makes Oberon smile.
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