A Midsummer Night’s Dream Vocabulary Quiz

What does “scorn” mean when Helena feels rejected?

What does “merry” convey in Elizabethan language?

What does “entreat” mean when spoken by the lovers?

What does “steal away” mean in the lovers’ plan?

What does “knavery” mean in Puck’s mischievous acts?

What does “chide” mean when characters quarrel?

What does “mockery” refer to in Helena’s speech about the lovers?

What does “flout” mean in reference to the lovers’ conflict?

What does “bewitched” mean as used in the play?

What does “mettle” mean in Shakespearean language?

What does “dote” mean in Shakespeare’s usage?

What does “mirth” mean in the context of the play?

What does “lamentable” mean in the craftsmen’s play?

What does “beguile” mean when Oberon speaks of human folly?

What does “visage” refer to when used by Shakespeare?

What does “disdainful” mean in describing Demetrius’s attitude toward Helena?

What does “audacious” mean when Bottom praises himself as an actor?

What does “prologue” mean in the craftsmen’s performance?

What does “fawn” mean when Helena says she will “fawn” on Demetrius?

What does “solemnity” mean when referring to the Duke’s wedding feast?

What does “wooed” mean in relation to Theseus and Hippolyta?

What does “sprite” mean in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

What does “vexation” mean in Egeus’s complaint to Theseus?

What does “tempest” mean when describing the fairies’ quarrel?

What does “idleness” mean in “love-in-idleness”?

What does “changeling” refer to in the play?

What does “perchance” mean in the fairies’ speech?

What does “woo” mean in the play?

What does “revels” mean when the fairies speak of “revels” at night?

What does “marry” mean as used frequently in Shakespeare’s dialogue?