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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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William Shakespeare
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Five Key Questions
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Act I, scene i
Act I, scene ii
Act II, scene i
Act II, scene ii
Act III, scene i
Act III, scenes ii–iii
Act IV, scene i
Act IV, scene ii
Act V, scenes i–epilogue
Video Plot Summary
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Act 1
Scene 1
Scene 2
Act 2
Scene 1
Scene 2
Act 3
Scene 1
Scene 2
Act 4
Scene 1
Scene 2
Act 5
Scene 1
Characters
Character List
Puck
Nick Bottom
Helena
Theseus
Hermia
Main Ideas
Themes
Plot Analysis
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Motifs
Symbols
Genre
Style
Point of View
Tone
Foreshadowing
Key Facts
Is Love More Important than Friendship?
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Jealousy
Mischief
Transformation
Unreason
Reversal
Quotes By Section
Act I, scene i
Act I, scene ii
Act II, scene i
Act II, scene ii
Act III, scene i
Act III, scenes ii–iii
Act IV, scene i
Act IV, scene ii
Act V, scenes i–epilogue
Quotes By Character
Nick Bottom
Puck (aka Robin Goodfellow)
Helena
Theseus
Hermia
Further Study
Context
Queen Elizabeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare, Ovid, and the Adaptation of “Pyramus and Thisbe”
Movie Adaptations
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Act 1, scene 1
Act 1, scene 2
Act 2, scene 1
Act 2, scene 2
Act 3, scene 1
Act 3, scenes 2–3
Act 4, scene 1
Act 4, scene 2
Act 5, scenes 1–epilogue
Character Analysis
Character List
Context
Plot Overview
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Companion Texts
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
Sample A+ Essay
How To Cite No Fear A Midsummer Night’s Dream
How to Cite This SparkNote
Table of Contents
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Full Book Quiz
1
. Who is chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play?
Bottom
Quince
Peaseblossom
Snug
2
. Which of the young Athenians is first affected by the love potion?
Lysander
Helena
Hermia
Demetrius
3
. Which man does Hermia’s father want her to marry?
Lysander
Demetrius
Theseus
Philostrate
4
. Where do Lysander and Hermia plan to be married?
Theseus’s palace
Lysander’s aunt’s house
The temple of Diana
A forest glade
5
. What part of her appearance does Hermia believe Helena has exploited to win Lysander’s love?
Her hair
Her face
Her height
Her legs
6
. What does Oberon want that Titania refuses to give him?
Her attendant, an Indian prince
Her magic wand
Her maid-in-waiting
Her love
7
. Why does Pyramus, in the craftsmen’s play, kill himself?
Thisbe does not love him.
Thisbe has been killed by a lion.
Thisbe has been killed by her father.
Pyramus
believes
Thisbe has been killed by a lion because he finds her tattered garment at their meeting place.
8
. Who brings the complaint against Hermia to Theseus in Act I?
Egeus
Bottom
Hippolyta
Demetrius
9
. Of whom is Hippolyta the queen?
The Pygmies
The Centaurs
The Amazons
The Babylonians
10
. How does Puck prevent Demetrius and Lysander from fighting?
By freezing them
By transforming their weapons to weeds
By squeezing the love potion onto their eyelids
By mimicking their voices and causing each to get lost in a separate part of the forest
11
. Which of the women is afraid of fighting?
Hippolyta
Hermia
Titania
Helena
12
. Whom does Demetrius love at the end of the play?
Titania
Hippolyta
Helena
Hermia
13
. With whom does Titania fall in love in Act III?
Snug
Puck
Bottom
Mustardseed
14
. What prank does Puck play on Bottom?
He transforms him into a bear.
He steals his clothes.
He changes his voice into that of a wood thrush.
He changes his head into that of an ass.
15
. Who first thinks of using the love potion on Titania?
Puck
Oberon
Bottom
Cobweb
16
. Who speaks with Titania’s quartet of attendants?
None of the human characters
All of the human characters
Only Demetrius and Lysander
Only Bottom
17
. Why is the flower whose juice Oberon seeks special?
Titania has kissed it.
One of Cupid’s arrows struck it.
It was a traditional symbol of love in English folklore.
Fairies sleep in it.
18
. Which of the craftsmen is in charge of the rehearsals?
Quince
Snout
Bottom
Starveling
19
. In what year was Shakespeare born?
1563
1616
1564
1615
20
. Who tells Demetrius that Lysander and Hermia are planning to elope?
Hermia
Flute
Puck
Helena
21
. What food does Bottom crave after Puck’s mischief?
Steak
Kidney pie
Squirrel
Hay
22
. What are Theseus and Hippolyta about to do before they discover the sleeping lovers?
Listen to Theseus’s hounds baying.
Watch Theseus’s falcons hunting.
Watch Theseus’s deer roaming.
See Theseus’s golden lion.
23
. How many weddings take place before the play-within-a-play?
4
2
3
1
24
. Who blesses Theseus and Hippolyta with a magical charm at the end of the play?
Puck
Oberon
Titania
Oberon and Titania
25
. Who suggests that the audience consider whether the entire play has been a dream?
Snout
Puck
Titania
Peaseblossom
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NO FEAR
Character List
CHARACTERS
Puck: Character Analysis
CHARACTERS
Plot Analysis
MAIN IDEAS
Is Love More Important than Friendship?
MAIN IDEAS
Quotes by Theme
QUOTES
Themes
MAIN IDEAS
Review Quiz
FURTHER STUDY
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