O spite! O hell! I see you are all bent to set against me for your merriment.
Who is Helena?
100
The director of the play.
Who is Peter Quince?
100
Theseus' servant; he doesn't want Theseus to watch the Mechanical's play because he thinks it (and the men in it) are ridiculous.
Who is Philostrate?
100
On the morning of their wedding, what activity brings Theseus and Hippolyta into the forest?
What is a hunting party?
200
Well, go thy way. Thou shalt not from this grove till I torment thee for this injury.
Who is Oberon?
200
He'll play as many parts as they'll let him, although Quince insists he play Pyramus.
Who is Nick Bottom?
200
The name of the play put on by the tradesmen.
What is "The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe"?
200
How does Theseus "overbear" Egeus' will?
What is he has mercy on the lovers and decrees they should marry (as opposed to punishing Lysander)?
300
Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.
Who is Titania?
300
True or False: The tradesmen speak primarily in poetry.
What is false.
300
The actors will do this to keep the ladies in the audience from becoming too frightened when they see the lion and Pyramus' suicide.
What is use a Prologue to explain that their actions aren't real?
300
Where and when will the two couples marry?
That day, in the temple with Theseus and Hippolyta.
400
And are you grown so high in his esteem because I am so dwarfish and so low? How low am I, thou painted maypole? Speak! How low am I? I am not yet so low but that my nails can reach into thine eyes.
Who is Hermia?
400
What other name does Puck give the actors, based on their lack of sophistication and their professions?
What is the Rude Mechanicals?
400
Bottom wants Peter Quince to write this ballad about the incredible dream he had.
What is "Bottom's Dream"?
400
Oberon and Titania (and the fairies) do this to the three married couples at the end of the play.
What is bless them?
500
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact.
Who is Theseus?
500
The only personal information we know about the group of actors.
What are their professions?
500
This man asked Quince to provide him with the Lion's part early, because he considered himself "slow of study."
Who is Snug?
500
He suggests to the audience that the entire play might have been a dream.