A Midsummer Night’s Dream Literary Devices Quiz

When Lysander calls Hermia “an Ethiop,” this is an example of what device?

When Bottom says “reason and love keep little company,” Shakespeare employs which device?

“Theseus, Hippolyta, and the lovers’ marriages” represent what narrative structure device?

Titania’s speech about nature’s chaos caused by her quarrel with Oberon uses what device?

The constant confusion of lovers in the woods highlights what recurring motif?

When Demetrius and Lysander both love Helena due to the potion, this creates what?

What does the moon symbolize throughout the play?

When Hermia and Helena argue about beauty and love, their contrast is an example of what device?

The recurring contrast between reason and imagination reflects what device?

The fairies’ blessings at the end use what sound device?

When love reverses suddenly because of magic, what device is at work?

When Puck rhymes lines like “Jack shall have Jill, naught shall go ill,” what device appears?

When Titania falls for Bottom, what literary device drives the humor?

The fairies’ lullaby to Titania employs what device for musical effect?

The mechanicals’ exaggerated performance of “Pyramus and Thisbe” uses what device?

What device is used when Hermia dreams a serpent eats her heart while Lysander watches?

What device is used when the moon is called a “silver bow new bent in heaven”?

The love potion in the play primarily represents what literary device?

When Shakespeare includes multiple plots that mirror each other, he uses what technique?

When Puck transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass, this creates what literary effect?

When Shakespeare gives human traits to the forest, he uses what device?

When Hermia and Helena’s friendship unravels, Shakespeare uses what device to mirror chaos in love?

The craftsmen’s play within the play is an example of what device?

The play’s title “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” uses which device to suggest unreality?

What literary device is most evident in Puck’s line “Lord, what fools these mortals be”?

When the play questions whether events were real or imagined, it uses what device?

When Puck tells the audience the play might have been a dream, what device is used?

When Puck narrates events unseen by other characters, Shakespeare uses what dramatic device?

When Bottom believes himself capable of playing every part, it’s an example of what device?

What device does Shakespeare use when love is portrayed as both magical and irrational?