It's All Greek
What is Athens
The city in which the play begins and ends. (Main setting)
Who is Oberon?
The fairy king who quarrels with Titania.
Who are Theseus and Hippolyta?
The Athenian lovers whose wedding opens the play.
Who are the mechanicals?
The group of amateur actors who rehearse a play for the Duke's wedding.
What is a weaver?
The trade of Nick Bottom.
Who is Theseus?
The Duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta.
What is India?
The country that Oberon returns from.
Who is Egeus?
The father who demands that his daughter marry Demetrius.
Who is Peter Quince?
The carpenter who directs the play within the play.
What is good dry oats?
The food the Titania feeds Bottom when his head turns into a donkey gives him a donkey appetite.
Who is Hippolyta?
The Amazon queen, who is about to be married to Theseus.
Who is Puck
The mischievous sprite who serves Oberon.
Who are Hermia and Lysander?
The runaway lovers who plan to flee through the woods.
What is Pyramus and Thisbe?
The title of the play within A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Who is Pyramus?
The character Bottom plays in the craftmen's play.
What is the law allowing a father to choose his daughter's husband or have her sent to a convent?
The ancient Athenian law that gives Egeus power over Hermia.
What is her vow to his dead mother, her mortal friend?
The reason Titania refuses to give up the indian boy.
Who does Lysander ask for help to run away?
Lysander asks his aunt and intends to ask for help after he runs away with Hermia
Who is Snout?
The character who plays the wall separating the lovers in the play within the play.
Who is Titania?
The fairy queen falls in love with the bottom while he has the donkey head.
What is the new moon?
The holiday or event that Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding is meant to celebrate.
What is Love-in-idleness? (a wild pansy)
The magic flower Oberon uses to enchant Titania's eyes.
Who are Helena and Demetrius
The two other lovers who are accidentally enchanted to love the wrong people.
Who is Starveling?
The character who plays the part of "Moonshine" in the play within the play.
What is the juice of the Love-in-idleness flower?
The spell or potion that causes Titania to fall in love with Bottom.