A Midsummer Night's Dream Challenge Quiz
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare · 7 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 6 min
Test your knowledge of A Midsummer Night's Dream with 7 challenge questions with answers and explanations — the hardest questions — exam-style thinking. Ideal for revision once you have read the whole play.
The hardest questions — exam-style thinking. Drawn from the whole play — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Character, Theme, Language, Inference, Structure · Difficulty: Challenge
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- What does Bottom's wish to play Pyramus, Thisbe and the Lion show?
His fear of performing before the Duke · His dislike of Peter Quince · His wish to leave the company · His boundless, comic self-confidence
- What does the love-juice suggest about love in the play?
It is chosen by reason after long thought · It never changes once it is given · It can be sudden, irrational and changeable · It belongs only to the young and rich
- What does Puck mean by 'Lord, what fools these mortals be!'?
Mortals are wiser than fairies think · Human lovers are ridiculous to watching spirits · Oberon has made a foolish mistake · Bottom is the only fool in the wood
- Why is Demetrius's love for Helena left under the spell?
Oberon simply forgets to remove it · The enchantment is needed for a happy ending · Puck has lost the antidote in the wood · Helena begs Oberon to let it stay
- In the Epilogue, what does Puck suggest the audience think of the play?
That it was a true story of Athens · That fairies will visit them tonight · That the actors were real lovers · That it was only a dream they have had
- How is order finally restored at the end of the play?
Theseus banishes the fairies from all Athens · Egeus finally gets his way over Hermia · The couples are matched and the fairies bless them · The lovers return to live in the wood for ever
- Why does the play end with a play-within-a-play?
To bring in a new set of characters · To explain how the fairies' magic works · To show Theseus as a gifted amateur actor · It invites us to reflect on theatre and illusion
Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.
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