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'A Midsummer Night's Dream' features human lovers, fairies, and let's not forget the mechanicals preparing to produce their version of 'Pyramus and Thisbe'.
9 quizzes and 90 trivia questions.
1.
  Guess Who    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know the characters from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream"? This quiz is designed to find that out.
Average, 10 Qns, jrrymaury, Aug 17 19
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jrrymaury
Aug 17 19
3635 plays
2.
  A Midsummer Night's Dream Test    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This book I had to read for a school class and I enjoyed it. I hope you did too, good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, thenxoxo22, Dec 17 10
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thenxoxo22
2512 plays
3.
  Take this A Midsummer Night's Quiz Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is one of my favorite Shakespeare comedies- Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, dysher, May 24 02
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dysher
4604 plays
4.
  10 A Midsummer Night's Dream Questions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I think that this is a fairly easy quiz on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', but then again I was in it, so I know the play forwards and backwards! Let me know what you think! Good Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Juya3, Mar 04 10
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Juya3
5318 plays
5.
  10 Question A Midsummer Night's Dream Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For those who've read Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', here's a good quiz.... Enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, JCSon, Jun 25 05
Tough
JCSon gold member
3590 plays
6.
  A Midsummer Night's Quiz Test Your Knowledge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A general knowledge quiz about the antics in Shakespeare's classic comedy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Average, 10 Qns, Miles2Go, Mar 12 18
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Miles2Go
Mar 12 18
541 plays
7.
  Tough A Midsummer Night's Dream Trivia    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on Shakespeare's classic comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. If you've read it or seen it, even as a movie, you should do fine.
Tough, 10 Qns, meals, May 24 08
Tough
meals
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8.
  A Midsummer Night's Quote    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
O, methinks, thou hast known... Ah, whatever! OK, so you may not know what they're talking about most of the time. But if you do know who said what, then you'll definitely ace this quiz! So, good luck unto you all, and have fun!
Tough, 10 Qns, tropangadam, Jul 27 02
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tropangadam
2715 plays
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  Pyramus and Thisbe    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to my quiz on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." All of the questions relate to the production of Pyramus and Thisbe within the play. Thank you for playing and enjoy the quiz.
Tough, 10 Qns, leading_lady, Jun 04 11
Tough
leading_lady
1981 plays
trivia question Quick Question
In what year was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' probably written?

From Quiz "A Midsummer Night's Quiz"





Midsummer Night's Dream Trivia Questions
1. Why did Hippolyta have to marry Theseus?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Theseus won a war against the Amazons.

Hippolyta actually was the leader of the Amazons. Since Theseus and his army won over them, he took her as "prisoner of war." He decided to wed her. She is slowly learning to love Theseus and get used to the idea of getting married.

2. Who is the Duke of Athens?

From Quiz Guess Who

Answer: Theseus

The play opens with a wedding ceremony being planned by Theseus. It is explained that as the Duke, Theseus conquered the Amazons and took their queen, Hippolyta, as his bride.

3. Which character plays Thisbe?

From Quiz Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer: Flute

Although he objects to playing the part of a woman for he "has a beard coming," Flute is stuck with playing Thisbe.

4. "Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms."

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quote

Answer: Titania

Act IV, Scene 1

5. In what year was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' probably written?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quiz

Answer: 1595

Scholars believe Wil may have written the play in honor of a noble wedding, possibly that of the Earl of Derby (who had connections to Shakespeare's theatre company) and Elizabeth Vere.

6. Who was the 'king of shadows'?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Oberon

Puck: 'Believe me, king of shadows, I mistook.' Act three, scene two, line 353. Puck has just made a big boo-boo: he put the juice of love on the wrong guy's eyes! Now Lysander's in love with the wrong girl and everything's screwed up.

7. Who said, 'What though I be not so in grace as you, so hung upon with love, but miserable most, to love unloved'?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Helena

Of course it's Helena! She's whining about how Demetrius doesn't love her throughout the whole play!

8. Who acted as Thisbe in 'The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe'?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Francis Flute

Francis Flute, the bellows mender, played Thisbe (bear in mind that spelling may differ in alternate translations). Snug played the lion and Starveling played Moonshine.

9. Whom does Lysander love?

From Quiz Guess Who

Answer: Hermia

Lysander and Hermia are introduced as lovers, but Hermia's father (Egeus) does not approve of the relationship. He believes that since Athenian law says fathers literally own their daughters, he should decide who Hermia weds.

10. Which actor wants to play almost every part?

From Quiz Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer: Bottom

Nick Bottom is a wee bit conceited and believes himself to be able to play every part better than the assigned actor.

11. "O weary night, O long and tedious night, Abate thy hour!"

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quote

Answer: Helena

Act III, Scene 2

12. What is the first line of the play?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quiz

Answer: 'Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace.'

'How now...' is the first line in the second {act;} 'Thisby, the flowers...' is the first line spoken in the mechanicals' rehearsal in the {forest;} 'Gentles,...' is from Puck's epilogue.

13. After 'Pyramus and Thisbe', what kind of performance did Theseus choose for entertainment?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: A Bergomask

Since 'Pyramus and Thisbe' doesn't take the entire evening to perform, Theseus selects a Bergomask dance to follow, instead of the 'epilogue' that Bottom would have been delighted to perform.

14. What city does 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' take place in or directly outside of?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Athens

15. Who was also known as Puck?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Robin Goodfellow

Robin Goodfellow was the Hobgoblin who served the King of the Fairies.

16. The lovers keep falling in love with one another! Which infatuation is never true during the course of the play.

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quiz

Answer: Helena loves Lysander

Lysander loves Hermia and Hermia loves Lysander, but Demetrius also loves Hermia even though Helena loves Demetrius. Thanks to the meddling of the fairies, Lysander and Demetrius both love Helena but Hermia still loves Lysander while Helena still only loves Demetrius. At the end of the play, the enchantment on Lysander is lifted so that he loves Hermia, but Demetrius continues to love Helena.

17. What is the name of the play that Bottom and his friends will put on for the king and queen at their wedding day?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe

The play was called "The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe". Nick Bottom, the weaver, plays Pyramus. Fransis Flute, the bellows-mender, plays Thisbe (a woman). Peter Quince plays Thisbe's father and the prologue. Robin Starveling, the tailor, plays Thisbe's mother. Snug, the joiner, plays the lion. Tom Snout, the tinker, plays Pyramus' father.

18. Whom does Demetrius love before the interventions of Puck?

From Quiz Guess Who

Answer: Hermia

Although Demetrius loves Hermia, Hermia actually loves Lysander. Hermia's father wants Hermia to be with Demetrius, so he attempts to make Theseus force Hermia to marry Demetrius.

19. "Methinks I see these things with parted eye, When every thing seems double."

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quote

Answer: Hermia

Act IV, Scene 1

20. Who loves Helena at the beginning of the play?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quiz

Answer: No one

In the middle of the play she's loved by two men, and by the end she's down to one.

21. Who was Helena's father?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Nedar

This is mentioned by Lysander (I, i, 109).

22. Who does Titania fall in love with as the result of the magic potion?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Bottom

23. Who was Master of the Revels to Theseus?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: Philostrate

24. There are two characters with the first name of Robin. Who are they?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quiz

Answer: Puck and Starveling

Puck's real name is Robin Goodfellow, and the mechanical Starveling (who plays moonshine) is given the first name of Robin as well. Flute's first name is Francis. Snug is the only mechanical who is never given a first name.

25. Why is Oberon, king of fairies, fighting with Titania, the queen of fairies?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: They are fighting over a little changeling boy.

They are fighting over a little, Indian, changeling boy. Titania's servant was pregnant( she was mortal) and Titania promised her if she died giving birth, she would take care of her baby. Oberon wants him for his own personal use. He wants him as his pageboy. Although, when fairies fight, the seasons do change.

26. Who is the king of the fairies?

From Quiz Guess Who

Answer: Oberon

Oberon, as ruler of the fairies, wants his wife, Titania, to give him an Indian child for his group of fairies. Titania refuses, which results in an argument between the fairy groups.

27. Which actor admits to being "slow of study"?

From Quiz Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer: Snug

Snug asks for a copy of the lion's lines, to which Quince replies: "You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring."

28. "What thou seest when thou dost wake, do it for thy true-love take. Love and languish for his sake."

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quote

Answer: Oberon

Act II, Scene 2

29. What is the cause of Oberon and Titania's quarrel?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Quiz

Answer: He wants her changeling boy

Oberon wants him to be his henchman.

30. Why does Pyramus kill himself in the end of the play within a play?

From Quiz A Midsummer Night's Dream

Answer: He found Thisbe's bloody mantle

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