'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - Plot
Q: Who does Egeus want Hermia to marry? (100 Points)
A: Demetrius
Q: Who said, “The course of true love never did run smooth?” (100 points)
A: Lysander
Q: What did dreams represent to the Elizabethan audience? (100 Points)
A: Premonitions and Omens
Q: What destroyed the first Globe Theatre? (100 Points)
A: A fire
Q: What is the cause of the conflict between Oberon and Titania? (200 Points)
A: The changeling boy
Q: After taking the potion, which character did Titania fall in love with? (200 Points)
A: Bottom
Q: In the divine order, which class is the lowest? (200 points)
A: Animals, plant, minerals
Q: Three of Uranus' moons are named after fairies from the play. Can you name the three?
A: Puck, Oberon, and Titania.
Q: Name 2 things that make the play performed by the mechanicals ridiculous. (300 points)
A: They exposed the plot before acting, messing up lines, and had to reassure the audience about the character, etc.
Q: Who is chosen to be the lion in the Mechanical’s play? (300 Points)
A: Snug
Q: Which of these is NOT a convention of Courtly Love? (300 Points)
1. The man should fall in love with a woman of equal or higher social class than himself.
2. The woman must reject the man’s advances in order to preserve her honor and good name.
3. The man tries to perform deeds to make himself good enough for his lady.
4. The man can abandon his love anytime.
A: 4. The man can abandon his love anytime.
Q: Titania, the Fairy Queen, is trying to protect a changeling boy from her jealous husband Oberon, the Fairy King, who wants him for his court. What is a changeling child? (300 Points)
A: A changeling is a fairy who was left in the place of a child that was taken.
Q: Where was Lysander and Hermia planning to get married? (400 points)
Lysander's Aunt's House
Q: According to the chain of being, rank the following characters from decreasing ranks. Hermia, Theseus, Tom Snout, Titania, Egeus (400 points)
A: Titania> Theseus> Egeus> Hermia> Tom Snout
Q: Who does Titania's role evoke comparison to. (400 Points)
A: Queen Elizabeth I
Q: Who is the author of the book 'Charlotte's Web'? (400 Points)
A: E.B White
Q: What does Puck say the audience should do if they haven't enjoyed the play? (500 Points)
A: Pretend it was a dream
A: Peter Quince
What does this quote by Egeus tell us about about Elizabethan society?
"I beg the ancient privilege of Athens./ As she is mine, I may dispose of her—/ Which shall be either to this gentleman/ Or to her death—according to our law" (Shakespeare 1.1.41-44)
- Elizabethans were very religious and believed children should obey their parents (as told in the Bible)
- Patriarchal society. Daughters had to obey fathers and marry who they said.
- Elizabethans believed in The Great Chain of Being. To go against it would lead to chaos.
A: CXV
Q: What TYPE of flower is love-in-idleness? (1000 Points)
A: A pansy
A: The wall and the moon.
What context point would you make for the following quote?
If we shadows have offended,/ Think but this, and all is mended—/ That you have but slumbered here/ While these visions did appear. (Shakespeare 5.1.403-406)
- If a playwright offended with his play they could end up losing their funding, their theatre, be sent to jail or lose their head! It was important to stress that this is just a silly play.
Q: This is the ONLY sport that has been played on the moon. (1000 Points)
A: Golf