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A Midsummer Night's Quiz | 10 Question Literature Multiple Choice Quiz

A general knowledge quiz about the antics in Shakespeare's classic comedy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

A multiple-choice quiz by Miles2Go. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Miles2Go

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
351,737

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which is not the name of a fairy mentioned in the play? Hint

Cobweb

Mustardseed

Dandelion

Peaseblossom

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which is not a profession held by one of the mechanicals? Hint

Tinker

Blacksmith

Tailor

Carpenter

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Question 3 of 10

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

Demetrius loves Helena

Demetrius loves Hermia

Hermia loves Lysander

Helena loves Lysander

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Question 4 of 10

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

Puck and Starveling

Egeus and Snug

Puck and Flute

Philostrate and Snug

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Question 5 of 10

5. Three couples get married at the end of the play. Which of these couples made their marriage announcement first? Hint

Theseus and Hippolyta

Demetria and Helena

Lysander and Hermia

Pyramus and Thisbe

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why will Titania not part with the changeling boy? Hint

She is sworn to by magic

The boy is Titania's child, but not Oberon's

The boy's mother worshiped Titania

Purely to spite Oberon

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Question 7 of 10

7. In response to the lovers awakening and telling of their shared dream, Theseus gives a speech where he mentions three types of people. Which is not a type of person mentioned? Hint

Soldier

Lover

Lunatic

Poet

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Question 8 of 10

8. What aspect of Hermia's appearance is consistently mocked by Helena? Hint

Her freckles

A beauty mark on her chin

Her red hair

Her short stature

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who is Hermia's father? Hint

Demetrius

Theseus

Egeus

Peter Quince

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Question 10 of 10

10. At the beginning of the play, Hermia is told she must either marry Demetrius, join a nunnery, or what? Hint

She would die

She would be thrown in jail

She would lose her fortune

Lysander would be killed

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is not the name of a fairy mentioned in the play?

Answer: Dandelion

Moth is the fourth fairy in Titania's chain.

2. Which is not a profession held by one of the mechanicals?

Answer: Blacksmith

The mechanicals are: Peter Quince the carpenter, Bottom the weaver, Flute the bellows-mender, Starveling the Tailor, Snout the Tinker, and Snug the Joiner.

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

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.

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

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.

5. Three couples get married at the end of the play. Which of these couples made their marriage announcement first?

Answer: Theseus and Hippolyta

The whole play begins with Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding announcement-- the lovers only announce their marriages at the end of the play. Pyramus and Thisbe are characters in the play within a play.

6. Why will Titania not part with the changeling boy?

Answer: The boy's mother worshiped Titania

"His mother was a votress of my order and for her sake I will not part with him."

7. In response to the lovers awakening and telling of their shared dream, Theseus gives a speech where he mentions three types of people. Which is not a type of person mentioned?

Answer: Soldier

More strange than true: I never may believe
These antique fables, nor these fairy toys.
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends.
The lunatic, the lover and the poet
Are of imagination all compact:
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold,
That is, the madman: the lover, all as frantic,
Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt:
The poet's eye, in fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
Such tricks hath strong imagination,
That if it would but apprehend some joy,
It comprehends some bringer of that joy;
Or in the night, imagining some fear,
How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

8. What aspect of Hermia's appearance is consistently mocked by Helena?

Answer: Her short stature

"Though she be but little, she is fierce."

9. Who is Hermia's father?

Answer: Egeus

Egeus is the curmudgeonly old man who forces his daughter to marry someone she does not love (although his decree is, in the end, ignored).

10. At the beginning of the play, Hermia is told she must either marry Demetrius, join a nunnery, or what?

Answer: She would die

Her father Egeus cites an arcane law to force Hermia to marry Demetrius (although, he doesn't get his wish in the end).

Source: Author Miles2Go

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