Midsummer Nights Dream - what do you remember?

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

1. Name three different storylines in the play.

1. The Athenians, the craftsmen, the fairies
2. The musicians, the gods, the lovers
3. The people of Crete, the craftsmen, the magicians
4. The Athenians, the gods, the faries

2. Which of the young Athenians is first affected by the love potion?

1. Helena
2. Lysander
3. Hermia
4. Demetrius

3. Which man does Hermia’s father want her to marry?

1. Lysander
2. Demetrius
3. Theseus
4. Philostrate

4. Where do Lysander and Hermia plan to be married?

1. Heseus’s palace
2. Lysander’s aunt’s house
3. The temple of Diana
4. A forest glade

5. What part of her appearance does Hermia believe Helena has exploited to win Lysander’s love?

1. Her hair
2. Her face
3. Her height
4. Her legs

6. What does Oberon want that Titania refuses to give him?

1. Her attendant, an Indian princeling (child prince)
2. Her magic wand
3. Her maid-in-waiting
4. Her love

7. Why does Pyramus, in the craftsmen’s play, kill himself?

 Pyramus believes Thisbe has been killed by a lion because he finds her tattered garment at their meeting place.

1. Thisbe does not love him.
2. Hermia has been killed by a lion.
3. Thisbe has been killed by her father.
4. Pyramus believes Thisbe has been killed by a lion. He finds her tattered garment at their meeting place.

8. With whom does Titania fall in love in Act III?

1. Snug
2. Puck
3. Bottom
4. Mustard-seed

9. Why is the flower whose juice Oberon seeks special?

1. Titania has kissed it.
2. One of Cupid’s arrows struck it.
3. It was a traditional symbol of love in English folklore.
4. The juice of it makes the person fall in love with the first person they see.

10. How many weddings take place before the play-within-a-play?

1. 4
2. 2
3. 3
4. 1

11. Who suggests that the audience consider whether the entire play has been a dream?

1. Snout
2. Puck
3. Titania
4. Pease-blossom

12. Which description best describes "A Midsummer Nights Dream"

1. Shakespeare’s play about a Scottish nobleman and his wife who murder their king for his throne then charts the extremes of ambition and guilt. First staged in 1606.
2. Shakespeare’s story of a king who divides his realm between his three daughters probes the depths of human suffering and despair. First staged in 1606.
3. Shakespeare’s account of a Roman general murdered by his friend is a play about duty. First performed around 1599,
4. First performed around 1596, Shakespeare’s comic fantasy of four lovers who find themselves bewitched by fairies is a sly reckoning with love, jealousy and marriage