📚 Part 1: Read and Understand

Synopsis: A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comic play set partly in Athens and mostly in a magical forest. Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is preparing to marry Hippolyta. Four young lovers — Hermia, Lysander, Helena and Demetrius — flee into the forest to resolve romantic troubles. In the forest the fairy king Oberon and queen Titania quarrel; Oberon sends his mischievous servant Puck to use a magic flower that makes people fall in love. Puck's mistakes cause comic confusion. The story ends with reconciliations, marriages and a humorous performance by a group of amateur actors, the "rude mechanicals."

Brief biography: William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He worked as an actor, playwright and shareholder in the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and histories, and many of his plays (including this one) remain famous. He also wrote sonnets and helped to shape the English language before he died in 1616.

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Matching