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

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

3. What does Bottom say about his face while he is lounging with Titania?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this play, and how do these instances affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this play? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the play?

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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