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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hermia say she would rather do than marry the man chosen for her by Egeus?
(a) Go to prison.
(b) Leave her homeland.
(c) Go to a convent.
(d) Kill herself.

2. What is the first thing the Fairy King tells his wife when they meet on stage?
(a) She should not have slept so late.
(b) She did not keep her promise to him.
(c) She should obey his command.
(d) She looks lovely.

3. What does Theseus tell Philostrate to tell the people at the beginning of the play?
(a) To pay their taxes.
(b) To prepare for the winter.
(c) To rejoice for the end of the war.
(d) To celebrate his wedding.

4. What role in the mini-play is Bottom assigned?
(a) Pyramus.
(b) The Lion.
(c) Moonshine.
(d) Thisbe.

5. What does Hermia say about true love in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) It is impossible to attain.
(b) It is a cruel joke on the heart.
(c) It is always inconvenient.
(d) It never runs smoothly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Titania get to sleep at the end of a long night?

2. Which of the following is NOT a name of one of the actors for the mini-play?

3. What is Puck?

4. What part in the mini-play is Snug assigned?

5. What did the Fairy King see striking a flower one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Titania come across the Indian changeling that she has?

2. Why is Flute unhappy with his assigned role when he first hears it?

3. What does Helena choose to do when she first hears of Hermia's plan to escape with her true love?

4. What caused the magical flower to get its powers?

5. What does Puck say his favorite thing to do is?

6. How does Quince convince Bottom to not take the role of the Lion?

7. How does Quince resolve Flute's worries about his assigned role in the mini-play?

8. How do Hippolyta and Theseus feel about their upcoming marriage?

9. Why does Puck mistake Lysander for Demetrius when he sees him asleep in the wood?

10. In her famous line in the first scene, what does Helena say love uses when choosing matches?

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