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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 do the actors think has happened to their missing fellow?
(a) He was thrown in prison.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He got lost in a strange city.
(d) He was transported in the woods.

2. Where is Act 4, Scene 2 played out?
(a) The woods.
(b) Theseus's castle.
(c) Quince's house.
(d) A street in Athens.

3. What does Bottom do when he meets Titania's attendants?
(a) Exclaims at their beauty.
(b) Mocks their names.
(c) Faints.
(d) Laughs with them.

4. What will happen if the actors are unable to find their missing fellow in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) The play will be better than it would have been.
(b) They will have to improvise.
(c) They will find someone else.
(d) The play will be ruined.

5. Where is Theseus when he asks for a specific form of entertainment?
(a) At his wedding.
(b) In the town square of Athens.
(c) In his house.
(d) In the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters Act 3, Scene 2 as Puck and the Fairy King are discussing Titania's new love?

2. What does the news brought to the actors at the end of Act 4 mean for their mini-play?

3. What does Egeus say when he hears that Hermia tried to elope?

4. What does Bottom insist that their mini-play needs at the beginning of Act 3?

5. What does Puck do to Bottom while he is off-stage during his second rehearsal for the mini-play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Oberon blame for the confusion with the Athenians and why?

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

5. Who are the actors looking for in Act 4, Scene 2 and why?

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

7. How do the other actors respond to what Puck does to Bottom, and why is Bottom so surprised by this reaction?

8. How does Demetrius respond to the news that by law, he can now marry Hermia?

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

10. What does Oberon plan to do while Puck is resolving the confusion among the Athenians?

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