Act 1

Text of Book

Act 1, page 1

Act 1, page 2

Questions

1)	What is this act mainly about?

2)	What reason does Egeus give for Hermia's disobedience?

3)	What are the only three choices given to Hermia?

4)	What flaw of Demetrius's does Lysander point out to Egeus?

5)	Which relative does Lysander believe will assist him?

6)	What does Helena say Athens looked like before she met Lysander?

7)	Which Roman deity does Helena use as a metaphor for love?

8)	Which mythological couple is the subject of the actors' play?

9)	Which actor plays the lion?

10)	What does Theseus mean in the quote below? "But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives and dies in single blessedness."

11)	What does Helena mean in the quote below? "Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated, The rest I'd give to be to you translated."

12)	What does Bottom mean in the quote below? "That will ask some tears in the true performing of it: if I do it, let the audience look to their eyes; I will move storms, I will condole in some measure."

13)	Look where Theseus tells Philostrate to "Turn melancholy forth to funerals; / The pale companion is not for our pomp." What does "forth" mean in this context?

14)	Look where Lysander reveals that he will run away with Hermia: "A time that lovers' flights doth still conceal, / Through Athens' gates have we devised to steal." What does "devised" mean in this context?

15)	Look where Helena says that in revealing Hermia's flight to Demetrius, "for this intelligence / If I have thanks, it is a dear expense." What does "expense" mean in this context?

16)	Were there any events that weren't clear to you?