A Midsummer Night's Dream Plot recall Quiz
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare · 13 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 10 min
Test your knowledge of A Midsummer Night's Dream with 13 plot recall questions with answers and explanations — quick check of what happens and when. Ideal for revision once you have read the whole play.
Quick check of what happens and when. Drawn from the whole play — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Recall, Context · Difficulty: Easy, Standard
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- What does Egeus demand of his daughter Hermia?
That she enter a nunnery at once · That she marry Duke Theseus · That she leave Athens for ever · That she marry Demetrius, not Lysander
- What do Hermia and Lysander decide to do?
Ask Theseus to pardon them both at court · Marry in secret in the temple of Diana · Run away through the wood to his aunt's house · Hide at the house of Peter Quince
- What are Oberon and Titania quarrelling about?
Which of them rules the mortal world · Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding · A changeling boy Titania will not give up · The theft of Oberon's magic flower
- What power does the flower Oberon sends Puck for have?
Its scent puts any mortal straight to sleep · Its juice makes sleepers love what they first see · Its petals turn men into beasts of the wood · Its root undoes any spell in an instant
- What does Puck do to Bottom during the rehearsal?
Turns him invisible · Gives him an ass's head · Makes him fall asleep · Sends him back to Athens
- After Oberon's correction, whom do both young men love?
Hermia · Titania · Hippolyta · Helena
- Why does Oberon release Titania from the spell?
She has given him the changeling boy · Puck begs him to show mercy · Theseus orders it as Duke · Bottom asks to go home
- How does Theseus resolve the lovers' situation when he finds them in the wood?
He sends Hermia to a nunnery after all · He banishes Lysander from Athens · He orders them to duel at dawn · He overrules Egeus and lets the couples marry
- Which play do the mechanicals perform at the wedding celebration?
The Fall of Troy · Romeo and Juliet · The Labours of Hercules · Pyramus and Thisbe
- How do the mechanicals represent the wall between the lovers?
They build one from bricks on the stage · An actor plays Wall, his fingers the chink · They describe it in a prologue only · They borrow a real wall from the palace
- Where is A Midsummer Night's Dream set?
Verona and a Mantuan forest · London and Windsor park · Athens and a nearby enchanted wood · A Greek island ruled by fairies
- Who directs the mechanicals' play?
Nick Bottom, the weaver · Francis Flute, the bellows-mender · Snug, the joiner · Peter Quince, the carpenter
- How does Puck stop Lysander and Demetrius from fighting?
He turns both of the men into stone · He tells Theseus where they are hiding · He fogs the night and leads them astray · He hides both of their swords in brambles
Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.
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