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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in love with Demetrius?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Tatiana.
(c) Hermia.
(d) Helena.

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

3. Who does Hermia want to marry?
(a) Benadick.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Demetrius.

4. Why does Puck say the Fairy King and Queen should not meet at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) The king is with another woman.
(b) The queen is not dressed yet.
(c) Puck is playing a trick on them.
(d) They are quarrelling.

5. What is Bottom's first name?
(a) Nate.
(b) Non.
(c) Nick.
(d) Norm.

6. Who says they would be better at the part Flute has been assigned in the mini-play?
(a) Bottom.
(b) Ping.
(c) Quince.
(d) Snout.

7. What wakes Hermia while she is sleeping in the wood?
(a) The song of a bird.
(b) Puck.
(c) The noise of Helena's conversation with Lysander.
(d) A nightmare.

8. Who puts the love potion on Titania's eyes as she sleeps?
(a) Robin Goodfellow.
(b) Puck.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Oberon.

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

10. Who was once Oberon's mistress?
(a) Hermia.
(b) Hippolyta.
(c) Titania.
(d) Helena.

11. What does Helena choose to do after talking with Hermia at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Run away with Lysander before Hermia meets him.
(b) Lock Hermia in her room so she will not be punished for eloping.
(c) Tell Demetrius about Hermia's plan to elope.
(d) Continue to try and woo Theseus.

12. What are the fairies who stay with Titania when she goes to sleep supposed to do?
(a) Stand guard.
(b) Lay next to her.
(c) Keep her husband from finding her.
(d) Continue singing for her.

13. What does Theseus say will happen to Hermia if she does not marry the man Egeus wants her to marry?
(a) She will be imprisoned.
(b) She will be banished.
(c) She will be put in a nunnery.
(d) She will be killed.

14. What happened to the flower that Oberon saw get hit with something unique?
(a) It grew rapidly.
(b) It multiplied.
(c) It changed colors.
(d) It died.

15. In Act 2, Scene 1, who is the first to exit the scene after the fight between the Fairy King and queen?
(a) Oberon.
(b) The fairy attendants.
(c) Puck.
(d) Titania.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Helena unable to continue running when she enters Act 2, Scene 2 after Puck exits?

3. How long does Theseus have until he is married to his fiance at the beginning of the play?

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

5. What does the actor who thinks he would be better at Snug's role do to prove his belief?

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