Q 01/05

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, where on a sleeper's body must Oberon's love potion be applied?

A) The lips

B) The eyelids

C) The heart

D) The forehead

Answer · why

B) The eyelids

The eyelids. Oberon squeezes the juice on Titania's as she sleeps and wishes her a rude awakening: 'Wake when some vile thing is near.'

Q 02/05

Hippolyta, whom Theseus is about to marry, is queen of which people?

A) The Trojans

B) The Spartans

C) The Amazons

D) The Cretans

Answer · why

C) The Amazons

The Amazons. Theseus admits he won his warrior-queen bride in battle, 'I woo'd thee with my sword', and promises to wed her 'in another key', with pom...

Q 03/05

What does the Athenian law invoked by Egeus threaten if Hermia refuses to marry the man he has chosen?

A) Imprisonment

B) Exile

C) Loss of her dowry

D) Death

Answer · why

D) Death

Death, under what Egeus calls 'the ancient privilege of Athens'. Theseus softens the choice by adding a third option: Hermia may instead live out her ...

Q 04/05

How many days before Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding does the play open?

A) Two

B) Four

C) Seven

D) Ten

Answer · why

B) Four

Theseus is unhappy about the wait, while Hippolyta says it will pass like a dream.

Q 05/05

Where do Hermia and Lysander plan to flee to escape Athenian law?

A) The city of Sparta

B) A temple of Diana

C) His aunt's house

D) Hippolyta's homeland

Answer · why

C) His aunt's house

His aunt's house, seven leagues from Athens, where the city's law cannot follow. Lysander's widowed aunt is rich and childless and treats him as her o...