Starter quiz

  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', and for the play's first Elizabethan audience, the idea of status is very important. Match each character or groups of characters to their status.
    • Theseus
      ⇔
      Duke of Athens ✓
    • Hermia, Helena, Demetrius and Lysander
      ⇔
      noble people of Athens ✓
    • Bottom
      ⇔
      a low status Athenian actor ✓
    • Oberon and Titania
      ⇔
      monarchs in the fairy kingdom ✓
    • Puck
      ⇔
      a supernatural servant ✓
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', many characters are unhappy in Acts 1 and 2. Match each character to their unhappiness.
    • Egeus
      ⇔
      his daughter won't obey him ✓
    • Hermia
      ⇔
      faces severe punishment if she doesn't obey her father ✓
    • Helena
      ⇔
      loves someone who doesn't love her back ✓
    • Demetrius
      ⇔
      loves someone who doesn't love him back ✓
    • Lysander
      ⇔
      isn't allowed to marry the person he wishes ✓
    • Oberon
      ⇔
      isn't being given something that he wants ✓
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who or what transforms Bottom's head into that of a donkey?
    • the magical forest
    • the magical potion
    • Titania
    • Oberon
    • Puck  ✓
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', how is Hermia presented as brave in Act 1?
    • She is prepared to marry Demetrius, even though she doesn't love him.
    • She disobeys her father, a powerful patriarch.  ✓
    • She is prepared to die for Lysander.  ✓
    • She marries Lysander without her father's knowledge.
    • She is determined to run away from Athens by herself.
  • In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why does Oberon tell Puck to put the magical potion on Demetrius's eyes?
    • Oberon wants Demetrius to fall in love with someone humiliating.
    • Oberon wants Demetrius to fall in love with Titania.
    • Oberon wants Demetrius to return Helena's love.  ✓
    • Oberon wants Demetrius to fall in love with Hermia.
    • Oberon feels sorry for Helena and wants to help her.  ✓
  • Across 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which characters have the magical love potion put on them?
    • Titania  ✓
    • Bottom
    • Helena
    • Hermia
    • Demetrius  ✓
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