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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bottom feel needs to be explained to all the audiences who see their mini-play?
(a) That they are not professional actors.
(b) That the deaths are not real.
(c) That it is about love.
(d) That the lion is really a man.

2. Who is in Act 4, Scene 1, but unseen by Titania?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Puck.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Oberon.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Bottom insist that their mini-play needs at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) A song.
(b) A narrator.
(c) An epilogue.
(d) A prologue.

8. Where do Titania and Oberon plan to go after they are reconciled?
(a) Theseus's wedding.
(b) Athens.
(c) To their own joined castle.
(d) To sleep.

9. What will happen if the actors are unable to find their missing fellow in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) The play will be ruined.
(b) They will find someone else.
(c) They will have to improvise.
(d) The play will be better than it would have been.

10. Who brings the actors some news at the end of Act 4?
(a) Bottom.
(b) Ping.
(c) Starveling.
(d) Snug.

11. How is Puck told to lead Lysander and Demetrius away from one another?
(a) Take one by the hand and lead him away.
(b) Mimic the voice of Helena.
(c) Appear as Helena.
(d) Cause one to fall asleep.

12. What are the actors doing at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Singing.
(d) Rehearsing.

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

14. 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 not in their right minds.
(b) They seem to be laughing.
(c) They are fawning over her like they were for Hermia.
(d) They have teased her like this before.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Titania dreaming about before she wakes up in the woods with Bottom?

2. What does Titania continue to offer Bottom while they are together in the woods?

3. What does Bottom say about his face while he is lounging with Titania?

4. Which of the following is NOT a name of one of Titania's attendants?

5. Who was married at the same time as Theseus?

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