Quotes (Identify Speaker)
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
Who is Puck?
The setting for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
What is ancient Athens, Greece?
The queen of the fairies
Who is Titania?
This couple's story is the subject of the play within the play.
Who are Pyramus and Thisbe?
Lysander's beloved at the beginning of the play
Who is Hermia?
"The course of true love never did run smooth."
Who is Lysander?
The genre of A Midsummer Night's Dream
What is comedy?
Oberon's mischievous servant
Who is Puck, aka Robin Goodfellow?
This actor is eager to be the center of attention.
Who is Bottom?
Helena's beloved throughout the play
Who is Demetrius?
"Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania."
Who is Oberon?
The number of couples married during the course of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
What is three?
Titania and Oberon were arguing over this.
What is the fate of the changeling child?
He writes and directs the play, as well as acting as the prologue.
Who is Peter Quince?
The man whose insistence on his lawful rights begins the conflict of the play
Who is Egeus?
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
Who is Helena?
As in many other of Shakespeare's plays, an escape from the rigid rules of society to a more natural mode of existence.
What are the woods? (What is the forest?)
The flower whose juice the male fairies use to great confusion
What is love-in-idleness? (What is the violet?)
The actors are very concerned not to offend in this way.
What is by frightening the ladies?
Out of the four young lovers, these couples ended up together
Who are Hermia with Lysander, and Helena with Demetrius?
“Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.”
Who is Demetrius?
This meter, used frequently by the fairies (such as Puck), is not the normal blank verse of the play.
What is trochaic tetrameter?
The number of fairies that Titania orders to serve Bottom.
What is four?
The shortest uninterrupted part in the play, since the actor is so concerned about learning his lines.
What is the Lion?
What Helena thinks Lysander and Demetrius are doing when the three first meet up.
What is mocking her by pretending to be in love?