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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 does Puck do to Lysander when he sees him sleeping in the woods?
(a) Shaves his beard.
(b) Kidnaps Hermia.
(c) Takes his money.
(d) Puts love potion on his eyes.

2. With whom does Titania always enter the stage?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her attendants.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children.

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

4. Where do the actors in the mini-play decide to have their second rehearsal?
(a) In the woods.
(b) At Quince's house.
(c) On the castle stage.
(d) On the street.

5. Where does Lysander ask Hermia to meet him if she chooses to marry him at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(a) In the town square.
(b) In the woods.
(c) At the church.
(d) In the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Fairy King see striking a flower one night?

2. What is Bottom's first name?

3. Why does Lysander think he deserves Hermia as his bride?

4. What does Bottom do to prove his bragging is true when he first comes on stage?

5. Where do the actors of the mini-play hope to perform?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In her famous line in the first scene, what does Helena say love uses when choosing matches?

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

8. How do Hippolyta and Theseus feel about their upcoming marriage?

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

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

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