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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. In Act 2, Scene 1, who is the first to exit the scene after the fight between the Fairy King and queen?
(a) The fairy attendants.
(b) Oberon.
(c) Titania.
(d) Puck.

2. What does Bottom do to prove his bragging is true when he first comes on stage?
(a) Pretends to be a lion.
(b) Gives a memorized speech.
(c) Buys everyone a pint of mead.
(d) Lists off all of his friends.

3. What has Titania stolen that has upset her husband?
(a) Some of his powers.
(b) The heart of another man.
(c) An Indian child.
(d) His crown.

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

5. Who is assigning all the actors to their part in the mini-play?
(a) Snout.
(b) Ping.
(c) Quince.
(d) Snug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part in the mini-play is Snug assigned?

2. What is the first thing the Fairy King tells his wife when they meet on stage?

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

4. What is Starveling's occupation?

5. How are Hermia and Egeus related?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Quince convince Bottom to not take the role of the Lion?

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

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

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

6. Why is Helena so in love with Demetrius?

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

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

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

10. What caused the magical flower to get its powers?

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