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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Snug's assigned role in the mini-play mostly consist of?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Dancing about the stage.
(c) Roaring.
(d) Standing still.

3. What is the genre of the mini-play?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Romance.
(d) Religious.

4. What is Theseus's future bride's name?
(a) Tatiana.
(b) Helena.
(c) Hippolyta.
(d) Hermia.

5. According to the law, what will happen if Hermia refuses to marry the man Egeus wants her to marry?
(a) She will be banished.
(b) She will be imprisoned.
(c) She will be killed.
(d) She will be put in a nunnery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quince say to the man who tries to prove he should have Snug's part in the mini-play?

2. Who does Egeus want Hermia to marry?

3. When do the actors in the mini-play plan to meet again for their second rehearsal?

4. Where does Lysander choose to move after Hermia is told to make her decision about whom to marry?

5. What work of Shakespeare does the mini-play mirror?

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