Puck's remorselessness | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

At the beginning of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who is Demetrius in love with?
- Titania
- Helena
- Hermia ✓
- no-one
- Hippolyta
After having the magical potion applied to them in Acts 2 and 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who do Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with?
- Hermia
- Helena ✓
- Titania
- Bottom
In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what do we learn about the character of Puck?
- He finds practical jokes funny. ✓
- He likes to trick people. ✓
- He makes Titania laugh with his practical jokes.
- Oberon doesn't like that he plays practical jokes.
- He has a reputation for causing mischief. ✓
A pupil said of Puck, a character in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', "Puck purposefully causes chaos amongst the Athenian nobles." How would you correct them?
- Puck tricks the nobles, just like he tricks Bottom.
- Puck obeyed Oberon's orders to create chaos.
- Puck created chaos, but only to make Oberon laugh.
- Puck was truly trying to help Helena but mistook Lysander for Demetrius ✓
- Puck tries to follow Oberon's orders, but accidently makes a mistake. ✓
Starting with the first plot point, order these events from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in chronological order.
- 1
  
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  Puck puts the magical potion on Lysander by accident.
- 2
  
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  Lysander falls in love with Helena and leaves Hermia alone in the forest.
- 3
  
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  Oberon realises Puck has put the magical potion on the wrong man.
- 4
  
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  Oberon applies the magical potion to Demetrius.
- 5
  
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  Demetrius wakes up and immediately falls in love with Helena.
- 6
  
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  Helena thinks Demetrius and Lysander are mocking her by pretending to love her.
- 7
  
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  Hermia feels betrayed by Lysander and Helena.
In Act 3, Scene 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', when Oberon realises that Puck put the magical potion on the wrong man, he orders Puck to find Helena "swifter than the... ".
- 'wind' ✓