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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 does Bottom feel needs to be explained to all the audiences who see their mini-play?

2. What are the actors all doing at the end of Act 4, Scene 2?

3. Where does Act 3 begin?

4. Who does Puck blame for the contention among the four lovers of Athens?

5. Where did the actors last see their missing fellow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Puck do when he sees the actors rehearsing in the woods?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Fear is a common theme in this play that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this play?

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