MSND: Questions

Question 1

What is happening at the beginning of play

Answer 1

Theseus and Hippolyta are talking about their wedding day

Question 2

When is their wedding

Answer 2

It is in 4 days

Question 3

What is Theseus sad about

Answer 3

He is sad that the wedding is 4 days away, he thinks the days will go slowly

Question 4

What does Theseus compare the moon to

Answer 4

He compares it to a widow making a stepson wait for his inheritance

Question 5

What does Hippolyta say in response to Theseus

Answer 5

She says that the nights will go quickly because during the night you dream, so it wont feel as long.

Question 6

What doses Hippolyta compare the moon to

Answer 6

She compares it to a silver bow

Question 7

What does Theseus tell Philostrate to do

Answer 7

He tells him to make everyone as happy and joyful as he can, and the people who are still sad, can not come the wedding celebration ( they will go to a funeral )

Question 8

What does Egeus come to Theseus for

Answer 8

He came to complain

Question 9

What is Egeus complaining about

Answer 9

He is complaint about the fact that his daughter, Hermia, will not marry Demetrius. Egeus has given Demetrius consent to marry Hermia. Hermia doesn’t want to because she is in love with Lysander.

Question 10

Who did Egeus take with him

Answer 10

He took Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander.

Question 11

What is different about Lysander and Demetrius

Answer 11

They have the same nobility, they both love Hermia they are both worthy. Demetrius has convent to marry Hermia, Lysander does not. Lysander has wooed Hermia, Demetrius has not

Question 12

Ho what Lysander wooed Hermia

Answer 12

He has given her love songs. He has sung songs by her window at night. He has given her bracelets of his hair, runs, trinkets, fancy presents, ornaments, trifles, flowers and sweet food.

Question 13

What does Egeus want if Hermia doesn’t consent to marry Demetrius

Answer 13

He wants her to be killed

Question 14

What does Theseus say to egeus’s complaint

Answer 14

He says that she should listen to him. He says that her father should be as a of to her. She should obey ever word. He reminds her that he has made her beautiful. He says she is like a block of wax, and her father has sculpted her. He says she can choose to continue looking beautiful, or she could destroy her image

Question 15

Hermia says that Lysander is also worthy. What does Theseus say

Answer 15

He says that Lysander is worthy, but Demetrius has his fathers consent. Egeus doesn’t see Lysander the way Hermia does

Question 16

What does Hermia apologize for

Answer 16

She says she is sorry for her actions and that she doesn’t know what made her so bold

Question 17

What does Hermia want to know

Answer 17

She wants to know what will happen to her if she doesn’t marry Demetrius.

Question 18

What three churches does Theseus give Hermia

Answer 18

He says she can: become a nun, be killed or marry Demetrius

Question 19

What does Hermia say in response to the three choices

Answer 19

She says she would rather die that marry a man she doesn’t love

Question 20

Who is the “cold fruitless moon”

Answer 20

Diana- the goddess of virginity

Question 21

What does Diana control

Answer 21

Their ‘blood’ – their feelings/passions

Question 22

Explain the rose metaphor from Theseus

Answer 22

It compares being married to a ‘rose distilled’ which is perfume. It compares a life of being single as ‘withering’ rose. This explains how a married person lives on as something better, and can not die, whereas a single person lives and dies.

Question 23

How long does Theseus give Hermia to think about her choice

Answer 23

He gives her 4 days, until the next new moon.

Question 24

What does Demetrius urge Hermia and Lysander to do

Answer 24

He urges Hermia to relent and for Lysander to yield.

Question 25

What does Lysander say

Answer 25

He says that Demetrius has Egeus’s love and that Demetrius should let him have Hermia’s love. He says that Demetrius should marry Egeus

Question 26

Explain the metaphor Lysander uses to show Hermia’s sadness

Answer 26

He compares the fading color in her cheeks to sadness.

Question 27

How does Hermia say that she wants to cry

Answer 27

She says that she could water the plants with her tears.

Question 28

What does Lysander say to comfort Hermia

Answer 28

He says that love was never a smooth course. It always has bumps.

Question 29

What do Hermia and Lysander plan to do

Answer 29

They plan to escape from Athens and live with lysander’s widowed aunt.

Question 30

Does Hermia agree or disagree to the plan

Answer 30

She swears by a whole bunch of stuff, that she will be there.

Question 31

Why is Helena mad at Hermia

Answer 31

Because she thinks that Hermia is trying to steal Demetrius from her. She loves Demetrius, but he loves Hermia,

Question 32

What is the conversational part of the play called

Answer 32

It’s called stichomythia. It highlights how irrational young love is.

Question 33

What is this onversatu`ion between Helena and Hermia about.q

Answer 33

It’s about how Demetrius loves Hermia no matter how much she doesn’t love him. Helena is upset about this, and she wants Hermia to teach her.

Question 34

What do Lysander sand Hermia tell Helena

Answer 34

They tell Helena their plan elope.