Act 3

Question 1

understanding; perception

Answer 1

apprehension

Question 2

sacred; venerated

Answer 2

conscrated

Question 3

taken prisoner by; captivated

Answer 3

enthralled

Question 4

assign, hand down, pass on

Answer 4

bequeath

Question 5

to beg eagerly for

Answer 5

beseech

Question 6

criticize; belittle

Answer 6

disparge

Question 7

to skip and frisk about; frolic

Answer 7

gambol

Question 8

a mixture of clay, sand, and straw used for making bricks

Answer 8

loam

Question 9

a leafy shelter or recess

Answer 9

bower

Question 10

to call or bring into existence

Answer 10

conjure

Question 11

Who puts the false head on Bottom?

Answer 11

Puck

Question 12

Who falls in love with Bottom?

Answer 12

Titania

Question 13

Who says, “O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted! Pray, masters, fly, masters! Help!”?

Answer 13

The tradesmen

Question 14

While wearing the false head, did Bottom seem to enjoy himself and to be satisfied with his ability to command the fairies?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

When Demetrius and Hermia are arguing in scene 2, what does Oberon then realize?

Answer 15

That Puck has mistakenly laid the love juice on another’s sight

Question 16

Who else falls in love with Helena in this act?

Answer 16

Demetrius

Question 17

Ultimately, Helena thinks what about the other three?

Answer 17

That they are mocking her

Question 18

The couples end this act in ___ and then in ___.

Answer 18

fighting; sleep

Question 19

At the end of this act, Oberon and Puck set about to …

• When thou wak’st*
• Thou tak’st*
• True delight*
• In the sight*
• Of thy former lady’s eye;*
• And the country proverb known,*
• That every man should take his own,*
• In your waking shall be shown.*

What main them is illuminated here?

Answer 19

the necessary and value of reason over irrationl fancy

Question 20

At the end of this act, Oberon and Puck set about to

Answer 20

restore order and reason to the confusion and chaos