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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard call Shakespeare's new play?
(a) A mystery.
(b) A history.
(c) A tragedy.
(d) A comedy.

2. Whom does Titania want to meet at intermission?
(a) Macneth.
(b) Richard.
(c) The Sandman.
(d) Hamnet.

3. Who forced Shakespeare to take his son along for the summer?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughter.

4. How does Death say Rainie will die?
(a) The heart within her will burst.
(b) She will rust from her tears.
(c) The field that holds her together will die.
(d) She will crumble.

5. Who welcomes the fairy audience?
(a) Hamnet.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) The Sandman.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shakespeare ask the Sandman for?

2. What was Algon's power?

3. Where does Titania say she has heard this story before?

4. Where does Rainie meet Della?

5. Why does Rainie say she can't take her gloves off at lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the Sandman chosen to work with Shakespeare in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?

2. Why does Death say she came into Rainie's apartment?

3. What are Rainie's only contacts with the outer world?

4. What did Hamnet dream about after the play?

5. What makes the terrible dreams so bad for Rainie?

6. What happens as Rainie is dying?

7. How does Burbage introduce himself to the Sandman?

8. What is Rainie's power, and what is the main weakness in it?

9. What does Death tell Rainie to do in order to die?

10. Who was Algon and how did he die?

(see the answer keys)

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