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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attempts to validate Oberon and Titania's emotions as they argue in the hospital room?

2. Why does Titania refuse to go to the room in which her son is having a procedure on his hip?

3. What does Oberon call Titania when she refuses to go to the room where their son had just had a procedure?

4. Who is Alice?

5. What do the hospital workers think Oberon's name is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Beastie? Describe Beastie physically.

2. Who are Titania and Oberon? Why are they in the hospital?

3. What is Titania's reason for not being in her son's room after he wakes from his procedure? What does Oberon think of this excuse?

4. Why did Oberon bring the boy to Titania in the first place? How did she feel about this gift at first?

5. How does Alice respond when Titania and Oberon begin to argue about the fact that Titania does not want to go in her son's room to see him after his procedure?

6. Who is Alice? What does Titania complain to Alice about regarding the hospital?

7. Describe the first morning the baby boy is with Titania. How do her feelings about him change?

8. How does Titania feel about the appearance of the hospital and its staff? What does she say to Alice about this?

9. Describe Titania during their first conversation with Dr. Blork and Dr. Beadle. Describe Oberon.

10. How do Alice and the doctors see Titania and Oberon through the glamour filter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main characters of "A Tiny Feast" are named after characters in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Research the story and characters and write a brief essay about why you think Adrian chose these names for this story.

Essay Topic 2

Write a brief essay analyzing the title "A Tiny Feast." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Titania and Oberon, despite being magic, immortal faeries, cannot save their son. Write an essay exploring these character's feelings of helplessness in "A Tiny Feast."

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