Questions & Answers to Study from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
pages 49-56
Act 1
1-2 (no need to study these questions)
3 Which words complete each sentence?
a Theseus is… a duke.
b Hermia does not want to marry… Demetrius.
c Hermia runs away with… Lysander.
d Oberon and Titania are… fairies.
e Shakespeare was… a great writer.
f May 1st was… midsummer.
g Puck is… a fairy.
h Bottom is… an actor.
4 Who are these sentences about?
a They are going to be married. Theseus & Hippolyta
b He tells the Duke about a problem. Egeus
c Hermia loves him. Lysander
d Demetrius wants to marry her. Hermia
e Helena loves him. Demetrius
f Lysander loves her. Hermia
g They plan to run away. Lysander & Hermia
h He is going to play the part of Pyramus. Bottom
i He is going to play the part of Thisby. Flute
5 Answer these questions.
a Who sang at a window by moonlight?
Lysander
b What is Lysander’s opinion of Demetrius?
He doesn’t respect him or trust his love for Hermia because Demetrius used to love Helena, but then
completely changed his mind.
c Why does Theseus want to talk to Demetrius?
He wants to ask him why he broke Helena’s heart and if he really loves Hermia.
d Where does Lysander’s aunt live?
She lives outside Athens.
e Why do Lysander and Hermia want to run away?
Her father will not let them be together if they stay in Athens.
f What is Helena’s plan?
She will tell Demetrius about Hermia & Lysander’s plan, he will follow them to the wood, and when he
sees them together, he will realize that Hermia can never love him and he will go back to Helena.
g Why do the workers meet in the market square?
They meet to plan when they will practice their play.
h Where are the workers going to practice their play?
They will practice in the forest where nobody will see them.
6-7 (no need to study these questions)
Act 2
8 (no need to study this question)
9 Number these in the correct order, 1-8.
a (6) Lysander and Hermia fall asleep in the wood.
b (4) Puck gives Oberon a special flower.
c (2) Demetrius is rude to Helena.
d (7) Puck puts love-juice in Lysander’s eyes.
e (1) Titania and Oberon have a fight in the wood.
f (5) Oberon puts love-juice in Titania’s eyes.
g (8) Lysander falls in love with Helena.
h (3) Oberon decides to help Helena.
10 Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.
a Oberon is angry with Titania for stealing one of his courtiers.
(wrong; he is angry because she won’t give him the Indian boy, the daughter of one of her courtiers)
b Oberon’s fight with Titania has changed the weather.
(correct)
c Cupid’s arrow changed the colour of a flower.
(correct)
d Oberon wants Titania to fall in love with him.
(wrong; he wants her to fall in love with something terrible so she will be embarrassed)
e Helena thinks Demetrius is cruel.
(correct)
f Oberon thinks that Helena’s problem is amusing.
(wrong; he feels sorry for her)
g Puck solves Helena’s problem.
(wrong; he makes it worse by making Lysander fall in love with her)
h Helena believes that Lysander is in love with her.
(wrong; she thinks he is just acting, so he can laugh at her)
11-12 (no need to study these questions)
Act 3
13-14 (no need to study these questions)
15 Who is speaking? Whom or what are they talking about?
a “We must do something to protect the ladies.”
Bottom is talking to Snout about how the ladies in the audience will be frightened of the lion.
b “What do I see on your shoulders?”
Snout is talking to Bottom about Bottom’s new donkey head.
c “Light fairy-lanterns for him when he goes to bed.”
Titania is talking to her fairies about Bottom.
d “When she cries, every little flower in the forest cries, too.”
Titania is talking to Bottom about the moon.
e “If you’ve killed him in his sleep, then kill me, too!”
Hermia is talking to Demetrius about Lysander; she can’t find him & she thinks Demetrius has killed
him.
f “This will be great fun!”
Puck is talking to Oberon about
g “Do you both hate me so much?”
Helena is talking to Lysander & Demetrius about the cruel joke she thinks they’re playing by saying they
love her.
h “My love for her has gone.”
Demetrius is talking to Lysander about Hermia.
i “Guide them along different paths.”
Oberon is talking to Puck about what to do to Lysander & Demetrius.
j “Here comes the picture of unhappiness.”
Puck is talking to Oberon about Hermia, who just appeared.
16 Choose the correct answer.
a In the play, Bottom is
a donkey.
b When the actors run away, Bottom feels
brave.
c Titania wakes up because she
hears a strange song.
d Puck put love-juice in Lysander’s eyes because
he found the wrong man.
e Demetrius says nice things to Helena because
Oberon has put love-juice in his eyes.
17 Use these words in the sentences below.
a The audience will feel afraid when they see the lion.
b Quince thinks that Bottom’s ideas are clever.
c Titania thinks that Bottom is beautiful and wise.
d Titania thinks that the moon looks sad.
e Oberon is pleased when he hears about Titania.
f Demetrius cannot understand why Hermia is angry with him.
g Puck thinks that the lovers’ problems are amusing.
h Helena thinks that Lysander and Demetrius are cruel.
i Demetrius tells Lysander not to be unkind to Hermia.
j Oberon thinks that the lovers’ problems have become serious.
Acts 4-5
18-37 (no need to study these questions)
