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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the couple who enters the scene after Titania has the potion put on her eyes want to do?

2. What does Titania's husband want her to awake to after the potion is put on her eyes?

3. How does Puck say he entertains the King of the Fairies?

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

5. Who does Oberon ask to help him in his plot to punish his wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Helena think Lysander is really doing after she wakes him up in the woods?

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

4. Where does Lysander decide to live when Hermia is told to make her decision between marrying Demetrius or going to a convent?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Puck say his favorite thing to do is?

10. What is so ironic about Bottom's name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Valor and honor were themes that were very important to many of the characters in this play. Where did this theme of valor and honor present itself and how did these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Puck was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Puck had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

This play takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Shakespeare have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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