Multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer.
- Theseus is
a) the King of the Fairies.
b) the Duke of Athens.
c) a character in the play performed by the workmen of Athens.
d) the father of Hermia.
- The Duke of Athens is
a) Theseus.
b) Oberon.
c) Pyramus.
d) Egeus.
- Hippolyta is
a) in love with Demetrius.
b) married to Egeus and mother of Hermia.
c) Queen of the Fairies and wife of Oberon.
d) Queen of the Amazons and bethrothed to Theseus.
- The Queen of the Amazons who is betrothed to Theseus is
a) Hippolyta.
b) Titania.
c) Pyramus.
d) Thisby.
- Theseus is planning to marry
a) Titania.
b) Hermia.
c) Hippolyta.
d) Helena.
- Hippolyta is betrothed to
a) Egeus.
b) Theseus.
c) Pyramus.
d) Lysander.
- Egeus is the father of
a) Demetrius.
b) Lysander.
c) Hermia.
d) Helena.
- The father of Hermia is
a) Egeus.
b) Pyramus.
c) Theseus.
d) Oberon.
- In the beginning of the play, both Lysander and Demetrius love
a) Titania.
b) Hippolyta.
c) Helena.
d) Hermia.
- In the beginning of the play, Demetrius
a) loves Hermia but does not love Helena.
b) loves Helena but does not love Hermia.
c) is jealous because Titania loves the little Indian boy.
d) plans to elope with Hippolyta.
- In the beginning of the play, Helena loves
a) Nick Bottom.
b) Lysander.
c) Demetrius.
d) Theseus.
- In the beginning of the play, Hermia loves
a) Oberon.
b) Lysander.
c) Demetrius.
d) Robin Goodfellow.
- Egeus wants to punish Hermia because
a) she loves Demetrius and will not marry Lysander.
b) she loves Lysander and will not marry Demetrius.
c) she does not wish to marry and wants to be a nun.
d) she will not give the little Indian boy to Oberon.
- "To elope" means
a) to run away and marry secretly.
b) to leave a country or city without permission.
c) to follow another person.
d) to sleep in the forest.
- After Theseus tells Hermia that she must obey Egeus and marry Demetrius,
a) Hermia and Lysander plan to elope.
b) Hermia escapes into the forest.
c) Hermia tells Helena that she plans to elope with Demetrius.
d) Hermia gives the little Indian boy to Oberon.
- Helena tells Demetrius of Lysander and Hernia's plan to elope because
a) she wants Demetrius to kill Lysander.
b) she wants Lysander to kill Demetrius.
c) she hopes that this will prove to Demetrius that Hermia loves Lysander.
d) she hopes that Demetrius will help Lysander and Hermia to escape.
- Pyramus and Thisby are characters played by
a) Theseus and Hippolyta.
b) Puck and Mustardseed.
c) Peter Quince and Robin Goodfellow.
d) Nick Bottom and Francis Flute.
- In the play, the King of the Fairies is
a) Titania.
b) Pyramus.
c) Oberon.
d) Puck.
- Oberon is
a) the Duke of Athens.
b) the father of Hermia.
c) the Queen of the Fairies.
d) the King of the Fairies.
- In the play, the Queen of the Fairies is
a) Hermia.
b) Helena.
c) Titania.
d) Oberon.
- Robin Goodfellow is also known as
a) Puck.
b) Pyramus.
c) Oberon.
d) the little Indian boy.
- "Puck" is also known as
a) Nick Bottom.
b) Robin Goodfellow.
c) Oberon.
d) the little Indian boy.
- Who says "I am that merry wanderer of the night" (II,i,43)?
a) Nick Bottom.
b) Puck.
c) Oberon.
d) the little Indian boy.
- Who says "I am that merry wanderer of the night" (II,i,43)?
a) Nick Bottom.
b) the little Indian boy.
c) Oberon.
d) Robin Goodfellow.
- In Act II, Oberon is jealous of Titania's love for
a) "that merry wanderer of the night." (II,i,43)
b) "he that frights the maidens of the villagery."(II,i,34-35)
c) "a lovely boy stolen from an Indian king."(II,i,22)
d) a "minimus of hind'ring knotgrass made." (III,ii,329)
- What do the maidens call "the little western flower"?
a) "love-in-idleness" (II,i,168)
b) "that merry wanderer of the night" (II,i,43)
c) "a lovely boy stolen from an Indian king"(II,i,22)
d) a "minimus of hind'ring knotgrass made" (III,ii,329)
- What happens when the fairies put the juice of the flower on the eyelids of a sleeping person?
a) Upon waking, the person falls in love with the first thing he or she sees.
b) The person's head turns into the head of a donkey.
c) The person has strange dreams.
d) The person enters the world of the fairies.
- Why does Oberon apply the flower juice to Titania's eyes?
a) He wants a divorce and arranges for her to fall in love with Nick Bottom.
b) He will withhold the antidote until she gives up the little Indian boy.
c) Puck is in the forest. Oberon wants Titania to fall in love with Puck.
d) Oberon will be looking into Titania's eyes when she awakes.
- Why does Oberon plan to apply the flower juice to Demetrius' eyes?
a) He wants Demetrius to dream about Titania.
b) He wants Demetrius to remain asleep in the forest.
c) He wants Demetrius to marry Hermia.
d) He wants Demetrius to fall in love with Helena.
- Why do Lysander and Hermia sleep in the forest?
a) It is dark and Lysander claims to be lost.
b) Oberon and Puck have put them to sleep.
c) They are running away from Helena.
d) They are looking for Peter Quince and Nick Bottom.
- Why does Puck apply the flower juice to Lysander's eyes?
a) He is deliberately disobeying Oberon.
b) He is playing a trick on Lysander.
c) He wants Lysander to marry Helena.
d) He thinks Lysander is Demetrius.
- After Puck has applied the flower juice, Lysander awakes and first sees
a) Helena and falls in love with her.
b) Hermia and falls in love with her.
c) Titania and falls in love with her.
d) Nick Bottom with the head of a donkey.
- In Act III, why are the workers in the forest?
a) They are looking for the four lovers.
b) They are rehearsing their play.
c) They want to steal the little Indian boy.
d) They are lost.
- In Act III, what trick does Puck play on the workers in the forest?
a) He puts the flower juice into their eyes.
b) He confuses them and leads them around in circles.
c) He changes Nick Bottom's head into the head of a donkey.
d) He causes them to fall asleep.
- In the play, the forest represents
a) Theseus' love for Hippolyta.
b) natural order and organization.
c) truth and rational thinking.
d) a confusing and chaotic environment.
- Oberon has applied the flower juice to Titania's eyes. Titania awakes,
a) first sees Oberon and falls in love with him.
b) first sees Lysander and falls in love with him.
c) first sees the little Indian boy and falls in love with him.
d) first sees Nick Bottom with a donkey's head and falls in love with him.
- Puck says "What fools these mortals be." (III,ii,115) He is referring to
a) all humans including the four lovers and Nick Bottom.
b) Oberon and Titania.
c) "a lovely boy stolen from an Indian king"(II,i,22)
d) "that merry wanderer of the night." (II,i,43)
- Oberon applies the flower juice to Demetrius' eyes because
a) he wants Demetrius to fall in love with Hermia.
b) he wants Demetrius to fall in love with Helena.
c) he wants Demetrius to fall in love with Titania.
d) he wants Demetrius to fall in love with Nick Bottom.
- After Oberon has applied the flower juice to Demetrius' eyes,
a) Demetrius awakes, first sees Titania and falls in love with her.
b) Demetrius awakes, first sees Hermia and falls in love with her.
c) Demetrius awakes, first sees Helena and falls in love with her.
d) Demetrius dreams that Nick Bottom has the head of a donkey.
- Oberon applies the flower juice to Demetrius' eyes. Demetrius awakes, first sees Helena and
a) both Lysander and Demetrius are now in love with Helena.
b) Hermia is happy that Lysander and Demetrius love Helena.
c) Hermia is jealous and wants to marry Demetrius.
d) Lysander returns to Athens alone.
- Lysander calls ________ a "minumus, of hind'ring knotgrass made."(III,ii,329)
a) Demetrius
b) Helena
c) Hermia
d) Theseus
- In order to restore Lysander's love for Hermia,
a) Puck applies the love juice to Hermia's eyes.
b) Puck applies the love juice to Helena's eyes.
c) Puck applies the love juice to Demetrius' eyes.
d) Puck applies the love juice to Lysander's eyes.
- In Act IV, after the lovers awake,
a) all four now have the head of a donkey.
b) they are confused and cannot clearly remember the night.
c) they see Nick Bottom with the head of a donkey and run away.
d) they meet Peter Quince and he takes them back to Athens.
- Hippolyta says "this is the silliest stuff ever I heard." (V,i,206) She is referring to
a) the story of the lovers lost in the forest.
b) the play performed by Nick Bottom and the other workers.
c) Oberon's attempt to steal the little Indian boy.
d) the fairies and their love juice.
- One line to summarize the play might be
a) "The course of true love never did run smooth." (I,i,134)
b) "You minumus, of hind'ring knotgrass made."(III,ii,329)
c) "A lovely boy stolen from an Indian king."(II,i,22)
d) "The kinder we, to give thanks for nothing." (V,i,90)
- "Verbal irony" occurs when
a) the speaker says one thing but there is a different meaning to the statement.
b) the reader knows something which the character in the story does not know.
c) the expected result of a situation is much different than the actual result.
d) something is said but nothing is done.
- "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind" (I,i,234) is ironic because
a) Egeus wants Hermia to leave Lysander and marry Demetrius.
b) in the forest, the workers run away from Nick Bottom.
c) love juice is applied to the eyes. Everyone falls in love with whom they first see.
d) the lovers are confused when they awake and cannot see clearly.
- "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind" (I,i,234) is an example of
a) internal rhyme.
b) an alexandrine.
c) iambic tetrametre.
d) iambic pentametre.
- In Greek mythology, "Theseus" was
a) the greatest hero of the Athenians
b) chained to a rock where a vulture fed daily on his liver.
c) condemned to eternal torment because he fed his children to the gods.
d) a famous destroyer of monsters and assigned the "Twelve Labours".
- In Greek mythology, "Hippolyta" was
a) the wife of Menelaus. She eloped with Paris to Troy.
b) seduced by Zeus who had disguised himself as a swan.
c) the Queen of the Amazons and later wife of Theseus.
d) granted the gift of prophecy but cursed because no one would believe her.
- In mythology, "Pyramus and Thisbe" were
a) twin brothers of Helen and sons of Leda.
b) two lovers who commited suicide because of their love for each other.
c) sons of Atreus. They attacked Troy and returned Helen to Sparta.
d) sons of Pelops and condemned by the gods to be always fighting.
Answer key 1. b 6. b 11. c 16. c 21. a 26. a 31. d 36. d 41. c 46. a 51. b 2. a 7. c 12. b 17. d 22. b 27. a 32. a 37. a 42. d 47. c 52. _ 3. d 8. a 13. b 18. c 23. b 28. b 33. b 38. b 43. b 48. d 53. _ 4. a 9. d 14. a 19. d 24. d 29. d 34. c 39. c 44. b 49. a 54. _ 5. c 10. a 15. a 20. c 25. c 30. a 35. d 40. a 45. a 50. c 55. _
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