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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Puck discover that he placed the love potion on the wrong Athenian man?
(a) Titania mocks him for his mistake.
(b) He hears Helena call Lysander by name.
(c) He sees that the man Helena loves still despises him.
(d) Oberon tells him.

2. What does Bottom do when he is left alone after the second rehearsal for the mini-play?
(a) Tries to follow his fellow actors.
(b) Sings.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Cries.

3. Why does Helena call Hermia unkind when she enters Act 3, Scene 2 and sees Lysander and Demetrius praising Helena?
(a) She feels that Hermia got her lost in the woods on purpose.
(b) She thinks Hermia is in on the joke as well.
(c) She is angry about her stealing Demetrius's love from her.
(d) She is tired of being second rate to Hermia.

4. What does Demetrius do when he wakes up to see Helena in the woods?
(a) Falls in love with her.
(b) Decides to fight Lysander for her hand.
(c) Faints.
(d) Kisses her.

5. When does Oberon want Puck to undo the enchantment on Bottom?
(a) Never.
(b) Before Titania wakes up.
(c) Just as the sun rises.
(d) After Titania has had her love spell reversed.

6. What do the other actors do when they see what Puck has done to Bottom during the second rehearsal for the mini-play?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Yell at him.
(c) Fight him.
(d) Run away.

7. Why is Oberon so hateful towards the Indian child?
(a) He fears it will gain too many powers.
(b) It is taking all of his wife's attention.
(c) He does not approve of changelings.
(d) It is wiser than he is.

8. Why did Puck chase away the other actors after he changed Bottom's head into that of an ass?
(a) He did not want them to tell Bottom about his new head.
(b) He wanted Titania to only see Bottom.
(c) He did not want to get caught.
(d) He wanted to place enchantments on them as well.

9. What do Hermia and Helena insult about each other as they fight in the woods?
(a) Their age.
(b) Their looks.
(c) Their selfishness.
(d) Their lack of wealth.

10. What form of entertainment has Theseus asked for?
(a) A play.
(b) A dance.
(c) A comic routine.
(d) A song.

11. What does Theseus say when he hears that the two couples want to be married?
(a) He orders Hermia to obey her father.
(b) He says it is not his or Egeus's decision to make.
(c) He says he will do the honor right there in the woods.
(d) He says they will be married that day.

12. After Bottom has been enchanted by Puck, who chases the other actors?
(a) Quince.
(b) Puck.
(c) Bottom.
(d) Oberon.

13. How does Theseus wake the four Athenian lovers when he finds them in the woods?
(a) With cold water.
(b) By kicking them.
(c) With hunting horns.
(d) With tree branches.

14. What do the actors think has happened to their missing fellow?
(a) He was transported in the woods.
(b) He got lost in a strange city.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He was thrown in prison.

15. Who does Puck blame for the contention among the four lovers of Athens?
(a) Robin Goodfellow.
(b) Titania.
(c) Oberon.
(d) Theseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the actors ask their missing fellow to tell them?

2. What awakens Titania at the beginning of Act 3?

3. Why does Helena think Lysander and Demetrius are playing a trick on her when she is alone with them in the woods?

4. What does Titania do with Bottom when her fairy attendants leave her alone with him?

5. Who is in Act 4, Scene 1, but unseen by Titania?

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