1. Egeus wants his daughter to
A. marry Demetrius.
B. enter a convent.
C. be executed.
D. marry Lysander.
2. In Act II, Scene 1, of A Midsummer Night's Dream, who is speaking to whom in these lines?
I will not stay thy questions; let me go
Or, if thou follow me, do not believe
But I shall do thee mischief in the wood.
A. Hermia to Helen
B. Lysander to Demetrius
C. Demetrius to Helen
D. Demetrius to Lysdander
3. In act 3, who says the following lines to Bottom?
Out of this wood do not desire to go:
Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no.
I am a spirit of no common rate.
A. Oberon
B. Puck
C. Cobweb
D. Titania
4. Before the Renaissance, virtually all dramas focused on
A. religious themes.
B. the human condition.
C. family relationships.
D. life-and-death plots.
5. Who says "The course of true love never did run smooth"?
A. Bottom
B. Lysander
C. Titania
D. Demetrius
6. By the Renaissance theory of correspondences, the heart of the family is the
A. father
B. grandmother
C. mother
D. grandfather
7. Read the following passage from act 3, scene 2.
So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition;
In this passage, Helena is referring both to herself and to
A. Lysander.
B. Oberon.
C. Titania.
D. Hermia.
8. Regarding the nature of drama, which statement is false?
A. Modern dramas, such as films, are not structured in the manner of stage plays.
B. Drama is meant to present a story through action and dialog.
C. Drama is like poetry, in that it is meant to been seen and heard.
D. In reading drama, some elements have to be imagined by the reader.
9. "The best in this kind are but shadows" is
A. Titania talking about men.
B. Theseus talking about plays.
C. Bottom talking about his fellow craftsmen.
D. Demetrius talking about the women he has loved in the past.
10. In act 5, why does Hippolyta believe the lovers' story of their time in the forest?
A. She wants to defend the lovers.
B. She wants to oppose Egeus.
C. She believes the women because she's a queen.
D. The lovers' stories all match.
11. Which characters exchange these lines-and in what order-in Act I, Scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
I frown up him, yet he loves me still.
O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill!
A. Titania followed by Oberon
B. Hermia followed by Helena
C. Helena followed by Hermia
D. Oberon followed by Titania
12. To whom is Helena speaking when she says, "If you were civil and knew courtesy,/You would not do
me thus much injury" (act 3, scene 2)?
A. Demetrius and Hermia
B. Hermia and Lysander
C. Hermia only
D. Lysander and Demetrius
13. The craftsmen in the play speak in prose because
A. Theseus would have forbidden them to use verse.
B. that kind of common language symbolizes their status in life.
C. it's the language of love.
D. too much blank verse gets tiresome.
14. Humanists believe that
A. humans and animals existed on the same level.
B. love is an illusion.
C. Shakespeare didn't actually write the plays we think he did.
D. life on earth is important in its own right.
15. In his comedies, Shakespeare is well known for
A. the device of mistaken identity.
B. fatally flawed characters.
C. an unusual use of Middle English.
D. revealing great heroes as common fools.
16. In act 4, what do the following lines mean?
Fairy King, attend, and mark:
I do hear the morning lark.
A. Theseus and Hippolyta are arriving.
B. Titania is about to fall in love with Bottom.
C. The enchantment on Bottom is about to end.
D. The sun is coming up and the fairies should leave.
17. Prior to the Renaissance, the human body was seen as
A. sacred dust.
B. proof that humans are "the paragon of animals."
C. a prison for the soul.
D. a beautiful thing.
18. In act 1, the reader learns that Hermia's father refuses to allow her to marry Lysander. What do Hermia and Lysander plan to do to counteract his refusal?
A. Go together to talk to Hermia's mother.
B. Use a potion to convince Hermia's father.
C. Run away to be married.
D. Take their case to Theseus, Duke of Athens.
19. During the Renaissance, dramatists began writing about
A. history.
B. everyday people.
C. science.
D. religion.
20. The ability of writers to completely identify with their characters is
A. hypocrisy.
B. satire.
C. ambiguity.
D. negative capability.