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

2. What solution do the actors find to resolve Flute's complaint about his assigned part?
(a) They allow him to improvise.
(b) He wears a mask.
(c) They say the lion will be known as a timid lion.
(d) He stands on a stool.

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

4. How long does Theseus have until he is married to his fiance at the beginning of the play?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 4 months.

5. What part in the mini-play is Snug assigned?
(a) The Wall.
(b) Thisbe's father.
(c) The lion.
(d) Moonshine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lysander think he deserves Hermia as his bride?

2. Where is the mini-play rehearsed?

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

4. What will happen on the same day that Hermia announces her decision about whom to marry?

5. What does Snug's assigned role in the mini-play mostly consist of?

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