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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. Which one of the following are not one of the first four characters to enter Act 4, Scene 2?

2. Who tells the Fairy King about Titania's new love for Bottom?

3. Who is in Act 4, Scene 1, but unseen by Titania?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Oberon find that will help him reverse the effects of he love juice?

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

7. What do the actors think have happened to their missing companion?

8. Who was married in Act 4, Scene 2?

9. What does Titania do when she awakens to Bottom's singing in the woods?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the play. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the play, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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