Who Said It?
Egeus
The Athenian man in love with Hermia, who does NOT have her father's blessing
Lysander
Who volunteers to play every role in the play?
Nick Bottom
Shakespeare's first name is...
William
Adieu means...
Goodbye
"I have a widow aunt, a dowager, of great revenue, and she hath no child..."
Lysander
This desperate Athenian will do anything to win back her former lover
Helena
Who is leading the group of actors?
Peter Quince
Shakespeare lived in...
London / England / Stratford (all are correct!)
"Our nuptial hour draws on apace" means...
Our wedding day quickly approaches
"The more I love, the more he hateth me."
Helena
The character that appears to be the most controlling, at this point in the play
Egeus (Hermia's dad)
Who is given the lion's part?
Snug
Shakespeare wrote both ____ and _____.
Poems and plays
"Thou dost betray me?"
"Thou dost" translates to...
You do
"Relent, sweet Hermia; and, Lysander, yield thy crazed title to my certain right."
Demetrius
At this point in the play, which character might best represent the fight for women's rights?
Hermia
What is the name of the play being put on by this group of men?
"Pyramus and Thisbe"
Name three other plays written by Shakespeare.
Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, Othello, etc
"Take time to pause, and by the next new moon, the sealing-day betwixt my love and me..."
Sealing-day might mean...
Betwixt might mean...
Wedding day
between
"Either die the death, or to abjure for ever the society of men."
Theseus
Queen of the Amazons
Hippolyta
Who is given the role of a woman? Why does he protest to be given this role?
Flute - he has a beard growing in
It is believed that Shakespeare wrote ____ plays throughout his lifetime.
37
"My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody..."
"tongue's sweet melody" means...
voice