Context and Authorial Purpose (HSC SSCE English Standard): Quizzes
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In what years did Shakespeare write A Midsummer Night's Dream?
In what years did Shakespeare write A Midsummer Night's Dream?
1595-1596
What years did plague outbreaks force theatres to close, affecting Shakespeare's career?
What years did plague outbreaks force theatres to close, affecting Shakespeare's career?
1592-1594
Until what age did Elizabethan law require young people to obtain father's consent to marry?
Until what age did Elizabethan law require young people to obtain father's consent to marry?
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Which classical text about transformation was a major source for Shakespeare's play?
Which classical text about transformation was a major source for Shakespeare's play?
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Which literary work provided Shakespeare with the characters Theseus and Hippolyta?
Which literary work provided Shakespeare with the characters Theseus and Hippolyta?
Chaucer's The Knight's Tale
On which dates did Midsummer festivities occur, as referenced in the play's title?
On which dates did Midsummer festivities occur, as referenced in the play's title?
23-24 June
Who played all female roles in Elizabethan theatre?
Who played all female roles in Elizabethan theatre?
Adolescent boys
What does 'meta-theatrical' mean in reference to the play?
What does 'meta-theatrical' mean in reference to the play?
Play comments on theatre within drama
Who speaks the line 'The best in this kind are but shadows'?
Who speaks the line 'The best in this kind are but shadows'?
Theseus
What are the three worlds in the play's tripartite structure?
What are the three worlds in the play's tripartite structure?
Court, fairy, mechanicals