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This means grievous, sorrowful, or mournful.
What is "lamentable?" 
100
These are the fairies that Bottom tasked with scratching his ears. 
Who are Peaseblossom and Cobweb? 
100
This was Oberon's plan to attain the Indian boy from Titania. 
Oberon was going to place the flower juice on Titania's eyes and when she became enamored with a beast, he would ask her for the child and she would give it to him. 
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This is an example of what: Readers associate Helena with beauty, Robin Goodfellow with wit, and Egeus with hostility.

What is parallelism?
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The Shakespearean term for a craftsman, like Bottom and his fellow actors.  
What is a swain? 
200
This means full of anxiety and suffering. 
What is "distressed?" 
200
This is where Theseus' hunting hounds are from. 
What is Sparta? 
200
This is what happened after Oberon attained the Indian boy. 
Bottom was released from his donkey head and Titania was released from the love potion. 
200
This is the best explanation as to why the first prologue is given in the Pyramus and Thisbe play. 

What is "it is meant to assure that they do not intend to upset the audience, that the actors are merely actors, and all is meant for entertainment."

200
This is what Theseus chalks the lover's story up to when they tell him what happened in the woods. 
What is imagination? 
300
This means extremely thin. 
What is "meager?" 
300
This is what Bottom wants to do when he awakens from his sleep after Robin has put him right again. 


Daily Double: This is what he wants Quince to call it. 

What is he wants Quince to write a Ballad? 


What is Bottom's Dream?

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Demetrius. But, my good Lord, I wot not by what power

(But by some power it is) my love to Hermia,

Melted as the snow, seems to me now

As the remembrance of an idle gaud

Which in my childhood I did dote upon;

 And all the faith, the virtue of my heart,

The object and the pleasure of mine eye,

Is only Helena.

This is the purpose of the speech presented in this scene.

What reveals how Demetrius has lost his interest in Hermia and how he has really loved Helena all this time?

300
This is Robin's attitude at the end of the play. 

What is "He hopes that he never offended the audience and if they take offence, than they will forgive him and pretend that it was all a dream."

300
These are two items that were used to imitate moonlight. 
What are a thorn bush and a lantern? 
400
This means condition of great wretchedness. 
What is "misery?" 
400
This was the fairy that Bottom tasked with killing a bumble bee and stealing the honey bag. 
Who is Mustardseed? 
400
This is why Theseus and Hippoylta are in the woods when they discover the young lovers. 
What is a hunt? 
400
This is an example of breaking the fourth wall. 

What is "Bottom: “No in truth, sir, he should not. Deceiving me is Thisbe’s cue. She is to enter now....”

400
This is the craftsman who played the wall. 
Who is Snout? 
500
This is the latin root that means "to draw tight." 
What is -stress-? 
500
They cast a blessing on Theseus and Hippoylta? 
Who are Oberon and Titania?
500
This is the reason why Bottom won't tell the other actors about his entire "dream." 
What is "They all need time to practice for the play and it will take too long to explain the dream?" 
500
This is a convention for when Theseus speaks of Sparta, Hercules, and Cadmus. 
What is allusion? 
500
These are the six people that were married at the end of the play. 
Who are Theseus and Hippoylta, Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia?