But when the couples are wed, don’t think the story’s over, for the real comedy is in the “most lamentable” performance of the mechanicals in the palace. Most readers forget the specific critiques that the Athenian nobles whispered during the play-within-a-play found in this A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 5 Quiz. Let’s see how much you remember of the funny tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe.
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MSND Act 5 Quiz Questions
- Where does Act 5 take place?
- What event is being celebrated in Act 5?
- Who are the three couples married at the start of Act 5?
- What does Theseus request to pass the evening’s entertainment?
- Who presents the list of possible entertainments to Theseus?
- Which performance do the nobles choose to watch?
- Who wrote the play “Pyramus and Thisbe” within the play?
- How does Philostrate describe the craftsmen’s play?
- Why does Theseus decide to watch the craftsmen’s play anyway?
- What does Theseus say about the imagination of lovers, madmen, and poets?
- Who plays Pyramus in the craftsmen’s performance?
- Who plays Thisbe in the play-within-a-play?
- Who plays the Wall separating Pyramus and Thisbe?
- Who plays the Lion in the performance?
- Who plays Moonshine in the play-within-a-play?
- What humorous mistake does Bottom make during the play?
- What object does the “Wall” use to represent the chink?
- What happens to Pyramus when he believes Thisbe is dead?
- What comedic element makes the play so amusing to the nobles?
- What is Theseus’s reaction to the play?
- How do the noble spectators respond to the performance?
- Who delivers the play’s prologue?
- Why does the audience laugh during the prologue?
- What do the nobles do after the craftsmen finish their play?
- Who blesses the palace and newlyweds after the play?
- What do Oberon and Titania do at the end of the play?
- What does Puck do at the end of Act 5?
- What does Puck ask the audience to do if they were offended?
- What theme is reinforced by Puck’s closing speech?
- What tone closes A Midsummer Night’s Dream?