Question

What are Bottom and his friends trying to do in Act 1, Scene 2?

Question 13 options:

Catch the fairies in the woods.

Rehearse a play.

Hold a secret club meeting.

Help Lysander and Hermia get out of the woods.

Answer 1

Answer: In Act 1, Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bottom and his friends are trying to rehearse a play.

Step-by-step explanation: In Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play, Bottom and his friends Peter Quince, Snug, Flute, Snout and Starveling are rehearsing the play they will perform at Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. The name of the play they are practising is The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisby. Moreover, while Peter Quince is presented as the director, Bottom is assigned the role of Pyramus. After Bottom finds out he will be playing Pyramus, he starts giving a small monologue to show his friends his acting skills.

Answer 2

The answer is they are going to rehearse a play. Somewhere else in Athens, a gathering of "Mechanicals" (a.k.a., skilled workers) get together to rehearse a play they intend to perform at Theseus and Hippolyta's up and coming wedding. Exclusively, they are Peter Quince the woodworker, Snug the joiner, Bottom the weaver, Flute the roars mender, Snout the tinker, and Starveling the tailor.