Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Quiz and Answer Key Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning duties with this bundle of plot-based quizzes covering the entirety of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Each assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to promote active engagement with the text. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.) A breakdown of content follows.

Act 1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Theseus' recent achievement

• Theseus' engagement

• Philostrate's role

• The cause of Egeus' anger

• Hermia's love interest

• Why Egeus disapproves of Hermia's love interest

• Egeus' request of Theseus

• Lysander's criticism of Demetrius

• Helena's love interest

• Helena's feelings toward Hermia

• The secret Hermia shares with Helena

• Whether Helena intends to keep Hermia's secret safe

• The identity of an amateur playwright

• The title of a play to be presented

• The character cast to be the play's lead

Act 2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Puck's reputation

• The reason for Oberon and Titania's fight

• The effects of Oberon and Titania's fight

• Puck's assigned task

• Oberon's motivations

• The interaction between Demetrius and Helena

• Oberon's reaction to Helena

• The interaction between Lysander and Hermia

• How Puck is able to identify Lysander

• The identity of the first person Lysander sees upon waking

• Lysander's motivations

• The nature of Hermia's dream

Act 3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Snout's role in the play

• Bottom's concerns about the play

• Bottom's suggested resolution

• Quince's concerns about the play

• Puck's trick on Bottom

• How Bottom tries to prove he is fearless

• The collective role of Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed

• Titania's reaction to Bottom

• The brewing conflict between Lysander and Demetrius

• Hermia's criticism of Helena

• Oberon's criticism of Puck

• How Puck plans to resolve the feud between Lysander and Demetrius

• What Puck's song suggests about his mindset

Act 4. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Titania's acquiescence to Oberon

• Oberon's intentions

• Theseus and Hippolyta's reason for being in the woods

• The significance of the day

• How Theseus changes his mind

• Why Bottom starts feeling more hopeful about the play

• How Bottom's pals feel about his absence

• How news of the weddings affect Bottom's pals

• Bottom's comments upon returning

Act 5. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Hippolyta's reaction to the stories from Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, and Hermia

• Theseus' assessment of lovers

• Entertainment options declined by Theseus

• Why Theseus is confident he will enjoy the play

• Hippolyta's reaction to the play

• Snout's role in the play

• Bottom's behavior in lieu of delivering an epilogue

• The nature of Oberon's song

• The identity of the character who delivers the epilogue

• How the audience is encouraged to perceive the play

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare's plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Taming of the Shrew - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable