A Midsummer Night’s Dream

POWERPOINT JEOPARDY Shakespeare’s Life Quotes I Symbols Quotes II Analysis 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

What is the name of the theater in which most Shakespeare plays were performed? Why was it called this? Why was it shaped like that? Category 1 – 10 Points

What specifics do we know about Shakespeare’s life? Category 1 – 20 Points

What is the authorship question and why do people believe this? Category 1 – 30 Points

What question do the three sonnet cycles in Shakespeare’s writing raise? Category 1 – 40 Points

How did gender bias and subjugation affect the Elizabethan theater? Category 1 – 50 Points

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” Category 2 – 10 Points

“Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.” Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.” Category 2 – 20 Points

Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “I am your spaniel, Demetrius, / The more you beat me I will fawn on you. Use me but as your spaniel: spurn me, strike me, Neglect me, lose me” Category 2 – 30 Points

“The course of true love never did run smooth” Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “The course of true love never did run smooth” Category 2 – 40 Points

Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, / Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend / More than cool reason ever comprehends. / The lunatic, the lover and the poet / Are of imagination all compact” Category 2 – 50 Points

Identify the importance and symbolism in placing potion on the eyes. Category 3 – 10 Points

Identify the importance and symbolism in flowers. Category 3 – 20 Points

Identify the importance and symbolism in the forest. Category 3 – 30 Points

Identify the importance and symbolism in virginity. Category 3 – 40 Points

Identify the importance and symbolism in Bottom’s dream. Category 3 – 50 Points

Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “You have her father’s love, Demetrius: Let me have Hermia’s. Do you marry him” Category 4 – 10 Points

Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “Nay, good Lysander, for my sake, my dear / Lie further off yet; do not lie so near” Category 4 – 20 Points

Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “As she is mine, I may dispose of her / which shall be either to this gentleman / Or to her death, according to our law / Immediately provided in that case.” Category 4 – 30 Points

nor his heart to report, what my dream was.” Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, / man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, / nor his heart to report, what my dream was.” Category 4 – 40 Points

Identify the text, speaker, and briefly analyze: “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind / And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind” Category 4 – 50 Points

What is a possible explanation for Helena’s obsession with Demetrius? Category 5 – 10 Points

What can we infer about how this play presents love? Category 5 – 20 Points

In what way does the changeling represent the repression of feelings and conflict in marriage? Category 5 – 30 Points

Is this a play of light-hearted romantic comedy, or a play of obscene violence? Provide at least three example for each side before drawing a conclusion. Category 5 – 40 Points

Why does Shakespeare frequently utilize soliloquies and have characters summarize information that the audience has already witnessed? Category 5 – 50 Points

Final Jeopardy Topic: Scientific Fact You may wager as much as you have.

Which planet in our solar system has two moons named after characters in this play?