A Midsummer Night’s Dream Quote Identification Quiz

“The fairy land buys not the child of me.”

“I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.”

“Though she be but little, she is fierce.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“Jack shall have Jill; nought shall go ill.”

“I’ll follow thee and make a heaven of hell, to die upon the hand I love so well.”

“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains.”

“The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen.”

“I am your spaniel, and, Demetrius, the more you beat me, I will fawn on you.”

“My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememberest since once I sat upon a promontory.”

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”

“I’ll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes.”

“Thou shalt fly him, and he shall seek thy love.”

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact.”

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.”

“The poet’s eye, in fine frenzy rolling, doth glance from heaven to earth.”

“O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent to set against me for your merriment.”

“Swift as a shadow, short as any dream.”

“The moon, methinks, looks with a watery eye.”

“Mine ear is much enamour’d of thy note.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream.”

“Call Philostrate.”

“Up and down, up and down, I will lead them up and down.”

“My Oberon, what visions have I seen! Methought I was enamoured of an ass.”

“Bless thee, Bottom, bless thee! Thou art translated.”

“I am amazed at your passionate words. I scorn you not: it seems that you scorn me.”

“Gentles, do not reprehend. If you pardon, we will mend.”

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows.”

“Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace.”