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Act 3

Text of Book

Act 3, page 1

Act 3, page 2

Questions

1) What is this act mainly about?

2) Why does Bottom say the actors should have an open window at their performance?

3) Which part of a donkey's body does Puck give Bottom?

4) What does Hermia worry Demetrius has done to Lysander?

5) After discovering Puck's mistake, who does Oberon have Puck bring to him?

6) When reflecting on her past with Helena, which fruits does Hermia compare the pair of them to?

7) When Lysander tells Hermia to leave him alone, which three things does he compare her to?

8) What does Oberon command Puck to do before leading Lysander and Demetrius astray?

9) Who does Lysander promise to get revenge against as soon as day comes?

10) What does Titania mean in the quote below?

"The moon methinks looks with a watery eye;
And when she weeps, weeps every little flower,
Lamenting some enforced chastity."

11) What does Puck mean in the quote below?

"That must needs be sport alone;
And those things do best please me
That befal preposterously."

12) What does Demetrius mean in the quote below?

"Abide me, if thou darest; for well I wot
Thou runn'st before me, shifting every place,
And darest not stand, nor look me in the face."

13) Look where Bottom suggests that the man playing a wall should "have some plaster, or some loam, or some rough–cast about him, to signify wall."

What does "signify" mean in this context?

14) Look where Helena exclaims, Out, dog! out, cur! thou drivest me past the bounds / Of maiden's patience…."

What does "bounds" mean in this context?

15) Look where Hermia, arguing with Helena, says "Now I perceive that she hath made compare / Between our statures."

What does "perceive" mean in this context?

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