Reading Comprehension- mostly plot related
The only mortal (human) who really interacts with the fairy world is:
daughter of Egeus
Hermia
prankster
Puck
“Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,/ Could ever hear by tale or history,/ The course of true love never did run smooth.” (1.1.134-36)
Lysander to Hermia
The name of Shakespeare's theater group
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
(Later the King's Men)
During the course of the entire play Lysander vows eternal love to:
Hermia and Helena
Tricked by their spouse
Titania
directs the ‘play within a play’
Peter Quince
“Captain of our fairy band,/ Helena is here at hand,/ And the youth, mistook by me,/ Pleading for a lover’s fee./ Shall we their fond pageant see?/ Lord, what fools these mortals be!” (3.2.112-117)
dynamic fairy character who loves to have all the attention on him
Puck
In the play, activity in the woods is characterized by emotional indulgence, magic, and confusion. Activity in Athens is characterized by:
A. unruly behavior by boisterous persons
B. strictly enforced social order and norms
C. total concentration on commerce
D. overly friendly relationships
B- remember those strictly enforced patriarchal social norms are the source of much of the plays conflicts
has control over the natural world in this play (you may choose more than one answer here)
a lover who thinks his partner has been mauled by a lion
Pyramus
“Never so weary, never so in woe,/ Bedabbled with the dew and torn with briars,/ I can no further crawl, no further go;/ My legs can keep no pace with my desires./ Here will I rest me till the break of day./ [She lies down.]/Heavens shield Lysander, if they mean a fray.” (3.2.442-448)
Hermia
Which of the following is NOT true about Shakespeare?
A. his wife was eight years younger than him
B. he married Anne Hathaway
C. His wife gave birth to twins (and one other child)
D. (Widely assumed) born on April 23, 1564; died April 23, 1616
A- she was older than him
What are the three options Theseus gives to Hermia regarding the conflict between her and her father?
1. Marry Demetrius
2. Become a nun (and abjure the society of men)
3. Die
discourages the viewing of Pyramus and Thisbe
Philostrate
tells a secret in an attempt to win someone else’s affections
Helena
“In your waking shall be shown./ Jack shall have Jill;/ Naught shall go ill;/ The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well” (3.2.489-93)
Puck
The name of Shakespeare's theater
The Globe
By having the three weddings take place at the end of the play, Shakespeare makes us feel:
A. that the fairies are not real, and their magic is just another way of seeing peoples’ problems
B. how ruthless society can be in enforcing its laws
C. that we are reading a fairy tale for children
D. that mistaken love and discord have come into a harmonious order/balance
D- remember how Shakespeare's comedies usually end
Which characters have the flower-juice placed on their eyes twice? (You may select more than one)
Titania & Lysander
“dynamic” human character who loves to have all the attention on him
Bottom
“If we shadows have offended,/ Think but this, and all is mended,/ That you have but slumbered here/ While these visions did appear./ And this weak and idle theme,/ No more yielding but a dream,/ Gentles, do not reprehend;/ If you pardon, we will mend.” (5.1.439-446)
Puck to the audience
said the production of Pyramus and Thisbe was “the silliest stuff that ever I heard”
Hippolyta