NAME:______DATE:______ENGLISH P______
William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Response Questions Act II, Scene I
Directions: Answer the questions below on a separate piece of lined paper in proper MLA format. All answers must be in complete sentences and include:
1) An answer to the question in your own words (rephrase question)
2) Include evidence when the question asks for a supporting quote!
· Quote the Old English text and cite (act #. scene #. lines #-#)
*Use your book, post-it notes, and class notes to help you find and support your answers.
1. What is Puck’s reputation? How does he feel about the reputation that he has earned?
2. Identify two main issues causing Oberon’s and Titania’s conflict. Refer to lines 18-30 and lines 65-81.
3. Oberon sends Puck to find the flower “love-in-idleness”, which was tainted by Cupid’s arrow. Explain the magical power that this flower possesses.
4. Read lines 206-214. Consider the way Helena compares herself to a dog. What can you infer about Helena’s character and her passion for Demetrius?
5. Oberon sends Puck to apply the love juices onto the eyes of Titania and the man wearing the Athenian clothes (Demetrius). What does Oberon hope to accomplish by having Puck do this?
6. Quote an example of each literary device from Act II, Scene I. Use the left hand-side: Shakespeare’s Old English.
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Alliteration
e. Allusion