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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 will happen on the same day that Hermia announces her decision about whom to marry?
(a) The war will officially be over.
(b) Her reputation will either be enhanced or tarnished.
(c) Her sentence will be placed on her.
(d) Theseus will get married.

2. Who puts the love potion on Titania's eyes as she sleeps?
(a) Robin Goodfellow.
(b) Puck.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Oberon.

3. What is the first thing the Fairy King tells his wife when they meet on stage?
(a) She looks lovely.
(b) She should obey his command.
(c) She should not have slept so late.
(d) She did not keep her promise to him.

4. Whom does Puck meet with at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) A Sprite.
(b) A king.
(c) A queen.
(d) A Fairy.

5. Who says they would be better at the role assigned to Snug in the mini-play?
(a) Snout.
(b) Ping.
(c) Bottom.
(d) Starveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the fairies who stay with Titania when she goes to sleep supposed to do?

2. Why is Helena unable to continue running when she enters Act 2, Scene 2 after Puck exits?

3. How long does Theseus have until he is married to his fiance at the beginning of the play?

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

5. Who is in love with Demetrius?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the mini-play mirror one of Shakespeare's major works?

2. What does Lysander propose he and Hermia do to avoid the punishment laid out for Hermia should she choose to marry him?

3. How does Hermia wake up in the woods, and what does she find when she wakes up?

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

5. Why is Helena so frustrated about having to woo Demetrius?

6. Why is Flute unhappy with his assigned role when he first hears it?

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

8. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Helena say causes her to fall more in love with Demetrius while she is in the wood with him?

9. What will happen to Hermia if she does not marry the man who Egeus has chosen for her to marry?

10. Why is Helena so in love with Demetrius?

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