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Tough Literature Trivia: A Midsummer Night's Dream | 10 Questions

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.

A multiple-choice quiz by meals. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
meals

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
71,087

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3093

Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (2/10), Guest 102 (1/10), Guest 197 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the 'king of shadows'? Hint

Oberon

Theseus

Puck

Lysander

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Question 2 of 10

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

Another play

'The Battle of the Centaurs, sung by an Athenian eunuch'

The 'Nine Muses'

A Bergomask

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Helena's father? Hint

Nedar

Never specified

Egeus

Theseus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the workmen was 'slow of study'? Hint

Snug

Bottom

Starveling

Snout

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was a vixen when she went to school? Hint

Helena

Titania

Hippolyta

Hermia

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Question 6 of 10

6. Finish the quote: 'Thou speak'st aright; I am that___ '

Answer: (5 Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did the wisest aunt cry as she fell off the three-legged stool? Hint

Tailor

Tinker

Help, get off!

I fall!

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who said he would 'sweep the dust behind the door'? Hint

Oberon

Puck

Titania

Peaseblossom

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the workmen was a tinker? Hint

Starveling

Snout

Snug

Flute

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finish the quote: 'The course of true love never did run ____' Hint

Smooth

Soft

True

Rough

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Dec 12 2024 : Guest 50: 2/10
Nov 21 2024 : Guest 102: 1/10
Nov 15 2024 : Guest 197: 4/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the 'king of shadows'?

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.

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

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.

3. Who was Helena's father?

Answer: Nedar

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

4. Which of the workmen was 'slow of study'?

Answer: Snug

Snug, playing the lion, asks for his part early (I, ii, 59) because he's 'slow of study'. Quince assures him that he doesn't need his part, because it's all roaring.

5. Who was a vixen when she went to school?

Answer: Hermia

This is said by Helena when the two guys are in love with the wrong girl (well, one of them is) and Helena thinks they're all playing a mean joke on her.

6. Finish the quote: 'Thou speak'st aright; I am that___ '

Answer: Merry wanderer of the night

Spoken by Puck, II, i, 43.

7. What did the wisest aunt cry as she fell off the three-legged stool?

Answer: Tailor

This is again spoken by Puck, II, i, 54.

8. Who said he would 'sweep the dust behind the door'?

Answer: Puck

'...I am sent with broom before, to sweep the dust behind the door'. V, i, 385.

9. Which of the workmen was a tinker?

Answer: Snout

Robin Starveling was a {tailor;} Snug was a {joiner;} Francis Flute was a bellows-mender.

10. Finish the quote: 'The course of true love never did run ____'

Answer: Smooth

A very famous {line;} spoken by Lysander to Hermia, I, i, 136.

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