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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the couple who enters the scene after Titania has the potion put on her eyes want to do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Rest.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Run.

2. What is Flute's first name?
(a) Frank.
(b) Francis.
(c) Ferdinand.
(d) Floyd.

3. How long does Theseus have until he is married to his fiance at the beginning of the play?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 4 hours.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bottom brag about when he first comes on Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What wakes Hermia while she is sleeping in the wood?

3. How are Hermia and Egeus related?

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

5. In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Titania come across the Indian changeling that she has?

2. What does Helena think Lysander is really doing after she wakes him up in the woods?

3. What does Helena choose to do when she first hears of Hermia's plan to escape with her true love?

4. What is so ironic about Bottom's name?

5. How does Titania fall asleep after her long day of journeying and fighting?

6. How does Quince resolve Flute's worries about his assigned role in the mini-play?

7. What does Hermia insist of Lysander when they start to fall asleep in the wood?

8. Why is Snug's part in the mini-play going to be so easy for him to memorize?

9. What has been happening in the mortal world while the Fairy King and Queen have been fighting?

10. Why does Puck mistake Lysander for Demetrius when he sees him asleep in the wood?

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