Vocabulary Quiz for Act 4 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1. Amiable 4.1.2 A. New cords to tie on facial disguises
2. Bottle 4.1.31 B. Earth, also Shakespeare’s main
theater
3. Cadmus 4.1.110 C.
Useless trinket or cheap toy
4. Coy 4.1.2 D.
Pleasant and lovable
5. Exposition 4.1.36 E. Caress or pat
6. Globe 4.1.95 F. Bundle
7. Good strings 4.2.28 G. Famous hunting dogs of Southern
Greece
8. Hounds of Sparta 4.1.112 H.
Fist
9. Idle gaud 4.1.165 J.
(Word is misused here) Disposition or desire
10. Neaf
4.1.19 K.
Phoenician prince, founder of Thebes
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11. Parted eye 4.1.187 A. Instruments similar to triangle
and xylophone
12. Patched 4.1.206 B.
Scold, criticize, or reproach
13. Peck of provender 4.1.30 C.
Abducted/kidnapped by spirits/fairies
14. Preferred 4.2.31 D. Vanguard, forefront, or foremost
beginning of
15. St.
Valentine 4.1.137 E. From Thessaly in Eastern Greece
16. Thessalian
4.1.120 F. Day when birds supposedly choose
mates
17. Tongs and bones 4.1.27-28 G. Eyes out of focus
18. Transported 4.2.2 H.
Wearing multicolored garments
19. Upbraid 4.1.48 J. Favored to be selected or chosen
20. Vaward
4.1.103 K. Around 1/4 bushel of grain
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Vocabulary Quiz for Act 5 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1. Abridgement 5.1.39 A.
Folk courtship dance from Bergamo, Italy
2. Bacchanals 5.1.48 B. (Mispronounced) Leander and Hero
3. Bergomask
5.1.336 C.
Translucent, portable, protective container for a candle
4. Brow of Egypt 5.1.11 D.
Stain, saturate, or impregnate
5. Conn’d/conned
5.1.80 E. Named or called
6. Furies 5.1.270 F.
Pastime or entertainment
7. Hight
5.1.138 G. Studied, learned, or memorized
8. Imbrue 5.1.328 H.
Face of a gypsy
9. Lanthorn
5.1.134 J. Worshippers of Bacchus, god of wine and
revelry
10. Limander
& Helen 5.1.192-193 K. Spirits who
punish doers of unavenged crimes
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11. Mote 5.1.303 A.
Whether, befall, or come to pass
12. Shafalus
& Procrus 5.1.194-195 B. Charred logs, glowing hot coals
13. Sisters Three 5.1.320 C.
Realm of the goddess of moon, earth, and death
14. Stand upon points 5.1.118 D. Thread of life, both
good and bad
15. Thracian singer 5.1.49 E.
Pay attention to details such as punctuation
16. Thread & thrum
5.1.272 F. (Mispronounced) Cephalus and Procris
17. Tide/betide 5.1.199 G.
(Latin) That is, namely, for example
18. Triple Hecate 5.1.364 H.
Fates/goddesses controlling human life & destiny
19. Videlicet 5.1.307 J.
Orpheus, from the East Balkan Peninsula
20. Wasted brands 5.1.355 K.
Speck of dust or other small particles
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