A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 4 Quiz

- Grades
- Grades 6–9, Middle School, High School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Literature
- Topic
- shakespeare, drama
- Resource types
- Quizzes, Quizzes and Tests, Teacher Tools
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- CCSS.RL.9.1 CCSS.RL.9.4
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Learning objectives
Recall specific plot events from Act 4, including Oberon lifting Titania's spell and Theseus's ruling on the young lovers
Identify personification in a quoted line describing Bottom's transformed appearance
Explain the significance of a quoted passage of verse from Act 4 in their own words
Teaching tips
Assign the two closing questions as short constructed responses, since the key marks both 'Answers may vary' and models one acceptable interpretation rather than a single fixed answer
Pair question 7 (personification in the 'flowers were crying with shame' line) with a brief review of literary devices if students haven't covered personification yet
Use the quiz as a checkpoint right after finishing Act 4, since several questions hinge on specific details from that act alone, such as Bottom's ballad title and the Craftsmen's worry about his disappearance
Skills covered
Plot recall — students answer seven multiple-choice questions on specific Act 4 events, such as Oberon lifting Titania's spell and Theseus's ruling on the young lovers.
Literary device identification — students identify personification in a quoted line describing Bottom's transformed head.
Textual analysis — students explain the significance of two quoted passages, citing specific act, scene, and line numbers, in their own words.
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Do the two closing questions have one fixed correct response?
No — the key marks both 'Answers may vary' and provides one acceptable model explanation rather than a single required wording.
Which literary device does question 7 ask students to identify?
Personification, in the line describing the flowers as 'crying with shame' at Bottom's transformed, donkey-like head.
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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
- CCSS.RL.9.1 — Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- CCSS.RL.9.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
Core concepts
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Act 4 plot events
Personification
Textual analysis
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