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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was married at the same time as Theseus?
(a) Puck and Peasblossom.
(b) Titania and Oberon.
(c) Helena and Demetrius.
(d) Bottom and Cobweb.

2. Who enters Act 3, Scene 2 as Puck and the Fairy King are discussing Titania's new love?
(a) Helena and Hermia.
(b) Lysander and Helena.
(c) Hermia and Lysander.
(d) Demetrius and Helena.

3. Why is Bottom so surprised at the reaction he gets from the other actors after Puck has enchanted him?
(a) He does not notice the difference.
(b) He wanted them to help him.
(c) He did not know they were so cowardly.
(d) He thought they were his friends.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Oberon ask Titania to do with the Indian child while she was in love with Bottom?
(a) To kill the Indian child.
(b) To let the Indian child go.
(c) To give him the Indian child.
(d) To give the Indian child to his mother.

11. What does Demetrius do after Hermia leaves to go find Lysander?
(a) Thinks out a new plan to woo her.
(b) Chases after her.
(c) Cries.
(d) Sleeps.

12. What does Bottom do when he meets Titania's attendants?
(a) Mocks their names.
(b) Laughs with them.
(c) Faints.
(d) Exclaims at their beauty.

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

14. Which one of the following are not one of the first four characters to enter Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Bottom.
(b) Flute.
(c) Snout.
(d) Quince.

15. What awakens Titania at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) The morning light.
(b) Puck's laughter.
(c) The chirping of a bird.
(d) Bottom's singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other actors do when they see what Puck has done to Bottom during the second rehearsal for the mini-play?

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

3. What inanimate objects must be performed by men in the mini-play?

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

5. Where does Act 3 begin?

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