Mid Summers Night’s Dream:                                                                                           Marks 20

1.  Explain the relations between the four lovers. 
2.  Just why does each of the lovers go to the forest? 
3. What sort of a person is Bottom? 
4. Do these fairies make you think of Greece, or some other country? 
5. What are some of the lines that are most fairy-like? 
6.. What is the power of the magic plant, and how does Oberon mean to have it used? 
7.  How far is Bottom turned into an ass, and how far does he remain his natural self? 
8. Which of the actors makes the funniest blunders in language, and what trait of his character leads him to make them? 
9. What popular beliefs are connected with Midsummer's Night? 

10. What remedy corrects the crossed-loved couples?

11. What are Theseus and Hippolyta discussing at the play's start?

12. Why does Bottom want a prologue written for the play?

13. What has Puck done to Bottom?

14. Identify the speaker: "Tie up my love's tongue, bring him silently."

15. What news does Puck bring Oberon?

16. Why does Oberon send Puck to fetch Helena?

17. What is Helena's situation at this point in the play?

18. What does Helena suppose of Hermia?

19. What does Hermia think Helena has done?

20. Why does Oberon send Puck to confuse the two young men?

M.H