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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 Helena call Hermia unkind when she enters Act 3, Scene 2 and sees Lysander and Demetrius praising Helena?
(a) She is angry about her stealing Demetrius's love from her.
(b) She feels that Hermia got her lost in the woods on purpose.
(c) She thinks Hermia is in on the joke as well.
(d) She is tired of being second rate to Hermia.

2. Who tells the Fairy King about Titania's new love for Bottom?
(a) Puck.
(b) Bottom.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Oberon.

3. What character will be missing in the play if the actors cannot find their missing fellow in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Moonshine.
(b) The Lion.
(c) Pyramus.
(d) Thisbe.

4. What does Titania continue to offer Bottom while they are together in the woods?
(a) Water and ointments.
(b) Love.
(c) Food and music.
(d) Rest and comfort.

5. When does Oberon want Puck to undo the enchantment on Bottom?
(a) Never.
(b) Before Titania wakes up.
(c) After Titania has had her love spell reversed.
(d) Just as the sun rises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news is brought to the actors at the end of Act 4?

2. What inanimate objects must be performed by men in the mini-play?

3. Which if the following is NOT one of the fairy attendants ordered to serve Bottom?

4. How do the actors react to the entrance of their missing fellow in Act 4, Scene 2?

5. How many people were wed at the end of Act 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bottom say the Lion must do before he begins his part in the mini-play?

2. What does Theseus do when he finds the two Athenian couples sleeping in the woods?

3. What do the Fairy King and Queen want to do at Theseus's wedding and why?

4. Where do the actors hope to perform their mini-play?

5. What happens to Bottom when he wakes up alone in the woods?

6. What does Puck do to Bottom when he leaves the stage during the rehearsal in the woods?

7. Why does Oberon want Puck to wait until Titania wakes up to change Bottom's head?

8. How does Puck clear up the confusion among the four lovers of Athens?

9. What will happen if the actors are unable to find their missing fellow in Act 4, Scene 2?

10. What does Bottom promise to tell his fellow companions in Act 4, Scene 2?

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