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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bottom do to prove his bragging is true when he first comes on stage?
(a) Buys everyone a pint of mead.
(b) Pretends to be a lion.
(c) Gives a memorized speech.
(d) Lists off all of his friends.

3. Where does Lysander ask Hermia to meet him if she chooses to marry him at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In the town square.
(c) In the castle.
(d) At the church.

4. What will happen on the same day that Hermia announces her decision about whom to marry?
(a) Her reputation will either be enhanced or tarnished.
(b) Theseus will get married.
(c) Her sentence will be placed on her.
(d) The war will officially be over.

5. Who is assigning all the actors to their part in the mini-play?
(a) Quince.
(b) Ping.
(c) Snout.
(d) Snug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Fairy King tell his wife she must do in order to stop the strife between them?

2. How are Hermia and Egeus related?

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

4. Where does Act 2 begin?

5. Who was once Oberon's mistress?

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