Act 5

Question 1

judgment; wisdom, discrimination

Answer 1

discretion

Question 2

waiting

Answer 2

tarrying

Question 3

a manner of walking, stepping, or moving

Answer 3

gait

Question 4

to stain, especially with blood

Answer 4

imbrue

Question 5

harmony

Answer 5

concord

Question 6

reproach; rebuke; blame

Answer 6

reprehend

Question 7

separate, divide

Answer 7

sunder

Question 8

unchanging, unwavering

Answer 8

constancy

Question 9

bold, daring, reckless

Answer 9

audacious

Question 10

boiling, agitated or excited

Answer 10

seething

Question 11

Who is Philostrate?

Answer 11

Master of Revels (entertainment) at Theseus’ court

Question 12

Who are the nine muses?

Answer 12

The patron goddesses of different art forms

Question 13

According to Theseus, what do lovers, lunatics, and poets all have in common?

Answer 13

overactive imaginations

Question 14

How would you describe Theseus’ attitude toward the tradesmen and their play?

Answer 14

generous and forgiving

Question 15

What do Oberon and the fairies plan to offer the couples going forward?

Answer 15

Their blessing

Question 16

What does Puck suggest to the audience at the end?

Answer 16

That they, too, perhaps have slumbered here

Question 17

What does Puck ask of the audience at the end?

Answer 17

To not reproach the play; the actors will make amends

Question 18

When Bottom (as Pyramus) addresses the moon during his play, he says, “For by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams” (5.1.261). What literary device is this?

Answer 18

Alliteration

Question 19

One salient topic in Act 5 that relates to the lovers and the tradesmen is the power of the what?

Answer 19

Imagination

Question 20

Concerning the settings and their relationship to theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, night is best connected to which other setting and theme?

Answer 20

The woods and irrational passion