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Act I Study Questions: Things you want to think about while reading Act I

1. What are Theseus and Hippolyta discussing at the start of the play? 2. How does Hippolyta come to be engaged (betrothed) to Theseus? 3. Why is Egeus upset? 4. What will happen to Hermia if she refuses to marry Demetrius? 5. Lysander and Hermia agree to do something--what? 6. Why does Helena tell Demetrius about Lysander and Hermia's plans? 7. Who are the characters in scene two, and what are they planning?