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Iambic pentameter
Act 1 plot
Act 2 plot
Shakespeare's Life
Shakespeare's Era
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The rhythm of dah-DUM is called...
What is one iamb.
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Name of the character who is a "judge" in the first scene. Also, what is his title in society?
What is Theseus, Duke of Athens
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Puck's other name
What is Robin Goodfellow
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London, England
What is the city and country where Shakespeare became famous as a playwright, actor, and theatre owner?
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Who was the main queen in power during Shakespeare's time? Be specific.
What isWhat is Queen Elizabeth I. Remember to use the "I" The current queen is Queen Elizabeth II.
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The "pentameter" in "iambic pentameter" refers to?
What is 5 iambs. dah-DUM dah-DUM dah-DUM dah-DUM dah - DUM
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Name of the young man who wants to run away with Hermia. What is his plan to run away?
What is Lysander. He has an old aunt outside of the city who loves him. The secret lovers can go to her house and elope. The laws of Athens can't touch them there.
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Who is the King of the Fairies and what plan does he have for getting back at his wife?
What is Oberon. He is going to place drops from a magic flower in his wife's eyes when she is sleeping and then the first thing she sees when she awakes - he hopes it will be something gross - Titania will fall in love with that gross being.
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Shakespeare's wife's name.
What is Anne Hathaway
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If you went to the theatre during this time, you might see an actor address the audience directly, as if the other characters on stage couldn't hear what they are saying. What was this called?
What is an aside.
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Clap out the following rhythm: More strange than true. I ne-ver may be-lieve
What is More STRANGE than TRUE. i NE-ver MAY be-LIEVE
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What is the name of Hermia's father? How would you characterize his mood in the first scene? What are the 2 options he is giving his daughter?
What is Egeus. He is very angry at his daughter. His choices are either to marry Demetrius or to be killed for disobeying her father.
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Oberon overhears Demetrius and Helena argue and what does he plan to do as a result of that? What actually happens?
What is Oberson, King of the Fairies, commands Puck to anoint, put drops in the boy's eyes (Demetrius' eyes) from the magic flower, when Demetrius is asleep, so that when he wakes up, he will be in love with Helena, the maid. This doesn't happen as Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius. When Lysander wakes up, he loves Helena.
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The circumstances of Shakespeare's marriage were sketchy. Explain.
What is ... his wife was already pregnant. His wife was 8 years older than Will (Shakespeare) who was 18 at the time.
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We don't know the exact year, but A Midsummer Night's Dream was written during which decade?
What is 1590s
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Please identify the iambic pentameter in the following Four days will quick-ly steep them-selves in night; Four nights will quick-ly dream a-way the time.
What is Four DAYS will QUICK-ly STEEP them-SELVES in NIGHT; Four NIGHTS will QUICK-ly DREAM a-WAY the TIME.
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Which character in the mechanicals' play is given the role of a woman. Name the man, the woman's role, and what we learn about the woman's role in Act 1 Scene 2
What is Flute, Thisbe, she is the love interest of Pyramus
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Titania, the queen of the Fairies, will not give up a boy to Oberon who wants him as a companion. Why not?
What is Titania knew the boy's mother. They were friends, the mother was a "votress of my order" - a nun loyal to Titiania. They ran on the beach and had lots of laughs, but then the mother died in childbirth. Titania can't have children, so she wants to look after this boy.
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Shakespeare was born and died in the same city. What was its name?
What is Stratford-upon-Avon.
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In Elizabethan dramas, what defined a play as a comedy?
What is the couples marry at the end of the play.
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Demonstrate iambic pentameter with the following line I would my father look'd but with my eyes. said Hermia
What is i WOULD my FATH-er LOOK'D but WITH my EYES.
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Who is the director of this play? What is his biggest challenge in the first meeting with his "actors"?
What is Quince, keeping Nick Bottom under control as he wants to act every part and he interrupts constantly and goes off on tangents of demonstrations of how he would play all the roles.
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Which if the four lovers has the funniest lines in the play due to exaggeration?
Helena.
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What was the name of Shakespeare’s most famous theatre? Describe 3 unique features of this theatre building.
What is the Globe Theatre. Open thatched roof. In the shape of an oval. Rich people could sit on the stage; poor people stood by the stage; others bought seats. could hold several thousand people, performed in the afternoon, no lights,
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Society was viewed in different layers from the most powerful to the least powerful. What was this philosophical idea called.
What is the Great Chain of Being.