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Tough Literature Trivia: A Midsummer Night's Dream | 10 Questions

This is a quiz on Shakespeare's classic comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. If you've read it or seen it, even as a movie, you should do fine.

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

Author
meals

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
71,087

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3082

Last 3 plays: Guest 166 (6/10), Guest 81 (3/10), Guest 81 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the 'king of shadows'? Hint

Oberon

Theseus

Puck

Lysander

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Question 2 of 10

2. After 'Pyramus and Thisbe', what kind of performance did Theseus choose for entertainment? Hint

'The Battle of the Centaurs, sung by an Athenian eunuch'

Another play

A Bergomask

The 'Nine Muses'

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Helena's father? Hint

Egeus

Nedar

Never specified

Theseus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the workmen was 'slow of study'? Hint

Starveling

Snout

Bottom

Snug

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was a vixen when she went to school? Hint

Helena

Hermia

Hippolyta

Titania

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Question 6 of 10

6. Finish the quote: 'Thou speak'st aright; I am that___ '

Answer: (5 Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did the wisest aunt cry as she fell off the three-legged stool? Hint

Help, get off!

Tailor

Tinker

I fall!

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who said he would 'sweep the dust behind the door'? Hint

Peaseblossom

Oberon

Puck

Titania

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the workmen was a tinker? Hint

Flute

Starveling

Snout

Snug

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finish the quote: 'The course of true love never did run ____' Hint

True

Rough

Soft

Smooth

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 23 2024 : Guest 166: 6/10
Apr 16 2024 : Guest 81: 3/10
Apr 15 2024 : Guest 81: 6/10
Apr 15 2024 : Guest 81: 1/10
Mar 29 2024 : Guest 2: 5/10
Mar 24 2024 : Guest 92: 4/10
Mar 22 2024 : Guest 82: 4/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 172: 4/10
Mar 14 2024 : Guest 152: 6/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the 'king of shadows'?

Answer: Oberon

Puck: 'Believe me, king of shadows, I mistook.' Act three, scene two, line 353. Puck has just made a big boo-boo: he put the juice of love on the wrong guy's eyes! Now Lysander's in love with the wrong girl and everything's screwed up.

2. After 'Pyramus and Thisbe', what kind of performance did Theseus choose for entertainment?

Answer: A Bergomask

Since 'Pyramus and Thisbe' doesn't take the entire evening to perform, Theseus selects a Bergomask dance to follow, instead of the 'epilogue' that Bottom would have been delighted to perform.

3. Who was Helena's father?

Answer: Nedar

This is mentioned by Lysander (I, i, 109).

4. Which of the workmen was 'slow of study'?

Answer: Snug

Snug, playing the lion, asks for his part early (I, ii, 59) because he's 'slow of study'. Quince assures him that he doesn't need his part, because it's all roaring.

5. Who was a vixen when she went to school?

Answer: Hermia

This is said by Helena when the two guys are in love with the wrong girl (well, one of them is) and Helena thinks they're all playing a mean joke on her.

6. Finish the quote: 'Thou speak'st aright; I am that___ '

Answer: Merry wanderer of the night

Spoken by Puck, II, i, 43.

7. What did the wisest aunt cry as she fell off the three-legged stool?

Answer: Tailor

This is again spoken by Puck, II, i, 54.

8. Who said he would 'sweep the dust behind the door'?

Answer: Puck

'...I am sent with broom before, to sweep the dust behind the door'. V, i, 385.

9. Which of the workmen was a tinker?

Answer: Snout

Robin Starveling was a {tailor;} Snug was a {joiner;} Francis Flute was a bellows-mender.

10. Finish the quote: 'The course of true love never did run ____'

Answer: Smooth

A very famous {line;} spoken by Lysander to Hermia, I, i, 136.

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