A Midsummer Night's Dream Questions & Answers

1. What was Oberon going to do with the magic flower?

Answer: Oberon was going to use the magic flower to make Titania fall in love with a creature,
hoping to distract her and get her to give up the Indian child.
2. What was the strange law in Athens?
Answer: The strange law in Athens was that the girl had to marry according to her father's wish.
If she would not do so, she would have to live the life of nunnery or die.
3. What did Lysander urge Hermia to do?
Answer: Lysander urged Hermia to run away with him to his aunt's house outside the reach of
Athenian law, where they could marry without interference.
4. What plan did Lysander make to marry Hermia?
Answer: Lysander planned that Hermia should run to his aunt's house that was away from the
reach of the law. Then, later, he would go there and marry her.
5. What command did Oberon give to Puck?
Answer: Oberon commanded Puck to fetch the magic flower, also known as "love-in-
idleness," which had the power to make someone fall in love with the first creature they saw
upon waking.
6. What would be Hermia's fate if she refused to marry a man chosen by her father?
Answer: Hermia would have to live a life in the nunnery or die if she refused to marry a man
chosen by her father.
7. How did the fairies celebrate the happy end?
Answer: The fairies celebrated the happy end by blessing the marriages of the mortal couples
with song, dance, and enchantment, ensuring their happiness and love.
8. Why did Helena tell Demetrius about Hermia's plan?
Answer: Helena realized that if Demetrius learnt that Hermia is going to the woods outside
Athens, he would follow Hermia. Then, Helena too could follow Demetrius to the woods. So, she
told Demetrius about Hermia's plan.
9. Who were the king and queen of fairies?
Answer: Oberon was the king and Titania was the queen of the fairies.
10. Why had Oberon and Titania quarrelled with each other?
Answer: Oberon and Titania quarrelled with each other over a little Indian boy. Titania had taken
the boy as one of her followers but Oberon wanted the boy to be one of his fairy knights. The
queen refused to give the boy to the king.