English Literature

Text: The Enchanted Island

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: “Bottom the Actor”

Instruction: Answer all questions with reference to the story.

1. Who is Theseus and who will he marry? [2mks]

2. When should the wedding between, Theseus and Hippolyta take place? [1mks]
3. List the names of the group of working men who would perform the play and state what
they are known as. [4mks]
4. What is the name of the play that they would perform at the wedding? [1 mk]
5. What was the conflict surrounding preforming the roles in the play[2mks]
6. Why the Bottom slink in a corner to sulk?[2mks]
7. Describe the setting of the woods? [2 mks]
8. Who ruled the kingdom of the fairies? [ 1 mk]
9. Describe Titania and Oberon? [3 mks]
10. What conflict were Titania and Oberon having . [2 mks]
11. Explain Oberon’s plan to punish Titiana. [3 mks]
12. Describe puck or Robin Goodfellow and state what his role in Oberon’s plan. [4 mks]
13. Why did Bottom’s friends run away from him?
14. Explain what happened between Bottom and Titania. [2 mks]
15. How did Oberon respond to seeing Bottom and Titania? Why did Oberon undo the spell?
[ 3 mks]
16. Describe what happened during the performance of the play by the workmen at the
wedding. [4 mks]
17. How did Theseus and Hippolyta respond to the play? [2 mks]
18. What happened to Puck and the fairies at the end of the story? [2 mks]

Total 40 Marks