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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. Why does Puck say the Fairy King and Queen should not meet at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Puck is playing a trick on them.
(b) They are quarrelling.
(c) The king is with another woman.
(d) The queen is not dressed yet.

2. How are Hermia and Egeus related?
(a) Egeus is Hermia's god-father.
(b) Egeus is Hermia's uncle.
(c) Egeus is Hermia's cousin.
(d) Egeus is Hermia's father.

3. Why is Demetrius running when he enters Act 2, Scene 2 after Puck exits?
(a) He is trying to find Helena.
(b) He is trying to get away from Helena.
(c) He wanted to be out of the woods before night fell.
(d) He is frightened.

4. What do the fairies sing for Titania in the second scene that Titania appears in?
(a) A gentle melody.
(b) A poem.
(c) A lullaby.
(d) A story.

5. Who enters the scene after Puck exits Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Theseus and Hippolyta.
(b) Egeus and Hermia.
(c) Titania and her train of attendants.
(d) Helena and Demetrius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theseus say will happen to Hermia if she does not marry the man Egeus wants her to marry?

2. What has the fighting between the Fairy King and queen caused in the mortal realm?

3. What is Bottom's first name?

4. Where does Act 2 begin?

5. What solution do the actors find to resolve Flute's complaint about his assigned part?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Helena so in love with Demetrius?

5. 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?

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

7. What happens when Helena wakes up Lysander after she has been abandoned by Demetrius in the wood?

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

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

10. Why is Demetrius in the magical wood after dark in Act 2, Scene 1?

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