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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 other actors do when they see what Puck has done to Bottom during the second rehearsal for the mini-play?

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

3. Who brings the actors some news at the end of Act 4?

4. Where do Titania and Oberon plan to go after they are reconciled?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bottom think needs to be explained to the audience at the beginning of their mini-play?

3. What does Bottom plan to do after he wakes up alone in the woods?

4. Why are Oberon and Puck in such a hurry to clear up the amusing confusion they have caused during the night?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many different characters in this play were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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

Love was a very central theme in this book--so much so that it was almost a tangible character. What made this theme so prominent, and how was the course of the plot altered by its presence?

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