A midsummer nights dream
1. Why has Theseus ordered a he orders it because hes getting married and
revel (festivity)? to celebrate his marriage to Hippolyta.
2. What has he promised Hip- That their wedding will be a happy time
polyta?
3. Why does Egeus bring Her- because he wants to give a complaint about
mia, Lysander, and Demetrius hermia; egeus gave demetrius his blessing
to Theseus? to marry hermia but hermia wants to marry
lysander; he wants hermia to either marry
demetrius or have her be killed
4. Why does Theseus tell Her- because if she doesnt she will die or never
mia to come to terms with her be able to be
father's choice of husband for
her?
5. What is Hermia's decision? she chooses to go into a nunery and live a
single life
6. Why does Theseus lead To talk to them privately and to get the actors
Egeus and Demetrius away? off the stage
7. What is Lysander's plan? He wants them to take a horse and leave
town and go to his widowed aunts house so
that they can get married there
8. Why does Helena want to be Because demetrius loves hermia and helena
like Hermia? wants demetrius to love her
9. Why do hermia and Lysander Because Helena complains that demetrius
tell Helena the plan? only wants hermia and to tell them that she
won't be around anymore and be left for he-
lena
10. What does Helena intend to She's going to tell demetrius so that he will
do with this? be happy and realize that she gave him the
info and make him fall in love with her
11. Why do the craftsman meet?
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, A midsummer nights dream
They are going to assign and discuss the
roles they will have in the play(the play is for
hippolyta and theseus wedding)
12. Why is quince the one assign- He wrote the play and he is the director/he
ing the roles? has everyone in mind for a specific character.
13. What is bottom's reaction to He wants to know who Pyramus is and he is
his assigned role? going to act so well everyone in the audience
is going to be crying
14. What is flute's misgiving He has a beard so he can't play a women
about his assignment?
15. Why does bottom want to play He wants to show his acting ability
Flute's role?
16. What is snug's worry? He is slow at memorizing his lines so he
doesn't think he will be able to remember
them
17. Why does Bottom want to He wants to roar
play snug's role?
18. What do Quince and Bottom It would scare the ladies in the audience and
caution about the role of the if they scared them they would be executed
lion?
19. Why does Quince insist Bot- He said Pyramus is the most handsome man
tom play Pyramus? in all of the world
20. Where are the men to meet They are going to meet in the forest at the
next? duke's oak
21. How did Puck earn his reputa- by playing pranks on both humans and an-
tion? imals (example: Pretend to be a stool and
when an old lady goes to sit down he will
vanish and she will fall; pretend to be an
apple in a drink so that when the person goes
to drink it all of the drink spills on the person)
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1. Why has Theseus ordered a he orders it because hes getting married and
revel (festivity)? to celebrate his marriage to Hippolyta.
2. What has he promised Hip- That their wedding will be a happy time
polyta?
3. Why does Egeus bring Her- because he wants to give a complaint about
mia, Lysander, and Demetrius hermia; egeus gave demetrius his blessing
to Theseus? to marry hermia but hermia wants to marry
lysander; he wants hermia to either marry
demetrius or have her be killed
4. Why does Theseus tell Her- because if she doesnt she will die or never
mia to come to terms with her be able to be
father's choice of husband for
her?
5. What is Hermia's decision? she chooses to go into a nunery and live a
single life
6. Why does Theseus lead To talk to them privately and to get the actors
Egeus and Demetrius away? off the stage
7. What is Lysander's plan? He wants them to take a horse and leave
town and go to his widowed aunts house so
that they can get married there
8. Why does Helena want to be Because demetrius loves hermia and helena
like Hermia? wants demetrius to love her
9. Why do hermia and Lysander Because Helena complains that demetrius
tell Helena the plan? only wants hermia and to tell them that she
won't be around anymore and be left for he-
lena
10. What does Helena intend to She's going to tell demetrius so that he will
do with this? be happy and realize that she gave him the
info and make him fall in love with her
11. Why do the craftsman meet?
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, A midsummer nights dream
They are going to assign and discuss the
roles they will have in the play(the play is for
hippolyta and theseus wedding)
12. Why is quince the one assign- He wrote the play and he is the director/he
ing the roles? has everyone in mind for a specific character.
13. What is bottom's reaction to He wants to know who Pyramus is and he is
his assigned role? going to act so well everyone in the audience
is going to be crying
14. What is flute's misgiving He has a beard so he can't play a women
about his assignment?
15. Why does bottom want to play He wants to show his acting ability
Flute's role?
16. What is snug's worry? He is slow at memorizing his lines so he
doesn't think he will be able to remember
them
17. Why does Bottom want to He wants to roar
play snug's role?
18. What do Quince and Bottom It would scare the ladies in the audience and
caution about the role of the if they scared them they would be executed
lion?
19. Why does Quince insist Bot- He said Pyramus is the most handsome man
tom play Pyramus? in all of the world
20. Where are the men to meet They are going to meet in the forest at the
next? duke's oak
21. How did Puck earn his reputa- by playing pranks on both humans and an-
tion? imals (example: Pretend to be a stool and
when an old lady goes to sit down he will
vanish and she will fall; pretend to be an
apple in a drink so that when the person goes
to drink it all of the drink spills on the person)
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