Penguin Readers Answer Key

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Level 3 – Pre-Intermediate
Answers to Book Activities (d) sad
(e) pleased
1 Open answers (f ) angry
2 (a) audience, courtier, duke/duchess, (g) amusing
gentleman, lord (h) cruel
(b) lion, snake, (monster) (i) unkind
(c) act, audience, scene (j) serious
(d) arrow, sword 13–14 Open answers
(e) fairy, monster
15 (a) grass
3 (a) a duke. (b) Titania’s
(b) Demetrius. (c) surprised
(c) Lysander. (d) sing
(d) fairies. (e) doesn’t tell
(e) a great writer. (f ) Hippolyta
(f ) Midsummer. (g) funny
(g) a fairy. (h) badly 2 (a) Titania – to Oberon
(h) an actor. (i) likes (b) Oberon – to Titania
(j) after (c) Demetrius – to Helena
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(d) Helena – to Demetrius
(b) 6 16 (a) Oberon was angry because Titania (e) Oberon – to Helena
(c) 5 refused to give him her Indian boy. (f) Lysander – to Hermia
(d) 1 Oberon put love-juice in Titania’s eyes. (g) Hermia – to Lysander
(e) 9 She fell in love with Bottom. Then she (h) Lysander – to Helena
(f ) 4 was happy to give Oberon the boy. (i) Helena – to Lysander
(g) 2 (b) With love-juice in his eyes, Lysander
(h) 7 stopped loving Hermia and loved Act 3
(i) 10 Helena. Puck put more love-juice in his 1 (a)–(ii), (b)–(viii), (c)–(iv), (d)–(i), (e)–(iii),
(j) 3 eyes. When he woke up, he was in love ( f ) –(ix), (g)–(vii), (h)–(v), (i)–(vi)
5 (a) Lysander with Hermia again.
(c) Helena loved Demetrius, but Demetrius 2 (a) In the wood outside Athens.
(b) Hermia (b) They run away.
(c) Demetrius did not love her. Oberon put love-juice in
Demetrius’s eyes. When he woke up, he (c) Because Oberon put love-juice in her
(d) Helena eyes.
was in love with Helena. At first, she did
6 (a) right not believe it. Later, she accepted his (d) Because Demetrius left her to follow
(b) wrong – They run away to escape from love for her, but could not understand it. Helena.
the law of Athens. (d) Egeus was angry with Hermia for loving (e) She feels unhappy. She thinks they are
(c) wrong – She wants Demetrius to see Lysander, not Demetrius. When he saw playing a joke on her.
that Hermia loves Lysander, not him. Demetrius’s love for Helena, he ( f ) In Lysander’s and Titania’s eyes.
(d) wrong – They are going to do a play for accepted his daughter’s love for (g) No, because they cannot find each
the Duke’s wedding night. Lysander. other in the mist.
(e) right (h) Demetrius, Lysander, Helena and
(f ) right 17 (a) wine – raindrops Hermia.
(g) right (b) flowers – animals
(c) Hermia – Helena OR Act 4
(h) wrong – She thinks that he is making
fun of her. Demetrius – Lysander 1 (a)–(4), (b)–(7), (c)–(2), (d)–(8), (e)–(1),
(d) poor – crazy (f)–(5), (g)–(6), (h)–(3)
7 Hermia is unhappy, because Lysander has (e) wall – moon
left her alone in the forest. 2 (suggested answers)
(f ) frightening – kind OR
Helena is unhappy. Demetrius does not love (a) she loves him.
Theseus – Bottom
her, and Lysander is making fun of her. (b) grass.
(g) money – dreams
Lysander is happy, because he is in love with (c) pity for her.
Helena. 18–23 Open answers (d) a dream.
Demetrius is unhappy. He is in love with (e) agrees immediately.
Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. ( f ) his dogs running after wild animals.
Oberon is happy, because he has played a (g) he has returned to health.
joke on Titania. (h) it has no bottom.
Answers to Factsheet Activities
Puck is happy. He thinks that he has put love 3 Open answers
juice in the right person’s eyes. Communicative activities
Egeus is unhappy, because his daughter has Act 5
Open answers
run away from Athens. 1 (a) Philostrate
Student’s activities
8–9 Open answers (b) Theseus
ACTIVITIES BEFORE READING THE BOOK (c) Philostrate
10 (a) Bottom – the ladies’ fear of the lion 1–2 Open answers (d) Hippolyta
(b) Snout – the donkey’s head on Bottom’s (e) Theseus
shoulders ACTIVITIES WHILE READING THE BOOK (f) Quince
(c) Titania – Bottom Act 1 (g) Flute
(d) Titania – the moon (h) Pyramus
(e) Hermia – Lysander 1 (a)–(i), (b)–(ii), (c)–(iii), (d)–(ii)
( i) Thisby (she kills herself)
(f ) Puck – the conversation between 2 (a) T
Helena and Lysander (b) F 2 (a) They believe fairy stories and imagine
(g) Helena – Demetrius and Lysander (c) F strange things.
(h) Demetrius – Hermia (d) T (b) He loves her.
(i) Oberon – Lysander and Demetrius (e) T (c) They are simple but it is important to
(j) Puck – Hermia (f) T thank them for their hard work.
(d) He enjoys it.
11 (a) a man. Act 2
(b) brave. 3 Open answers
1 (a) but
(c) hears a strange song. ACTIVITIES AFTER READING THE BOOK
(b) because
(d) he found the wrong man.
(c) between 1–3 Open answers
(e) Oberon has put love-juice in his eyes.
(d) until
12 (a) afraid (e) about
(b) clever (f) before
(c) wise/beautiful (g) after

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