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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bottom ask of Titania while they are together in the woods?
(a) Water and ointments.
(b) Rest and comfort.
(c) Love.
(d) Food and music.

2. What are the actors all doing at the end of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Celebrating.
(b) Getting into costume.
(c) Singing.
(d) Rehearsing.

3. 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) Sleeps.
(c) Sings.
(d) Cries.

4. Which if the following is NOT one of the fairy attendants ordered to serve Bottom?
(a) Peasblossom.
(b) Moth.
(c) Mustardseed.
(d) Springwater.

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

6. Who does Bottom have to be romantic with in the mini-play?
(a) Thisbe.
(b) Starveling.
(c) Snug.
(d) Flute.

7. Who tells the Fairy King about Titania's new love for Bottom?
(a) Oberon.
(b) Bottom.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Puck.

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

9. Why does Hermia think Lysander left her alone in the woods?
(a) Demetrius killed him.
(b) He was frightened away.
(c) He thought she had left him.
(d) He went to get her some food.

10. What does Puck do to Bottom while he is off-stage during his second rehearsal for the mini-play?
(a) Muffles his language.
(b) Gives him the head of an ass.
(c) Strikes him blind.
(d) Causes him to shout everything he says.

11. What inanimate objects must be performed by men in the mini-play?
(a) A wall and moonshine.
(b) A tree and a prison wall.
(c) A table and a rock.
(d) A dress and a goblet of wine.

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

13. Why does Helena think Lysander and Demetrius are playing a trick on her when she is alone with them in the woods?
(a) They are fawning over her like they were for Hermia.
(b) They are not in their right minds.
(c) They have teased her like this before.
(d) They seem to be laughing.

14. Who does the Fairy King blame for the contention among the four lovers of Athens?
(a) Oberon.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Titania.
(d) Puck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bottom ask Cobweb to do for him while he is with Titania?

2. Why do Hippolyta and Theseus enter the woods after Titania and Oberon leave?

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

4. How do the actors react to the entrance of their missing fellow in Act 4, Scene 2?

5. What reason does Lysander give Hermia for leaving her alone in the woods?

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