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Act 2

Text of Book

Act 2, page 1

Act 2, page 2

Questions

1) What is this act mainly about?

2) What is the unnamed fairy's errand?

3) What does Puck bring to people who call him "Hobgoblin" and "sweet Puck"?

4) Who does Oberon blame for Theseus's infidelity?

5) What color did the flower "love–in–idleness" become after being hit by the arrow?

6) What kind of animal does Helena compare herself to when proclaiming her love for Demetrius?

7) When is Puck to meet back with Oberon?

8) What does Hermia tell Lysander to do for modesty's sake?

9) What does Helena believe she must be, since Demetrius does not love her?

10) What does Titania mean in the quote below?

"And this same progeny of evils comes
From our debate, from our dissension;
We are their parents and original."

11) What does Demetrius mean in the quote below?

"I will not stay thy questions; let me go:
Or, if thou follow me, do not believe
But I shall do thee mischief in the
wood."

12) What does Lysander mean in the quote below?

"Things growing are not ripe until their season
So I, being young, till now ripe not to
reason"

13) Look where Puck gossips that "jealous Oberon would have the child / Knight of his train, to trace the forests wild."

What does "jealous" mean in this context?

14) Look where Demetrius tells Helena that "You do impeach your modesty too much, / To leave the city and commit yourself / Into the hands of one that loves you not."

What does "commit" mean in this context?

15) Look where Helena asks "Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born?" What does "keen" mean in this context?

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