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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. In "A Midsummer's Night's Dream", what do some of the players want to sit on in the play for comedic effect?
(a) A glass bottle.
(b) A pork pie.
(c) A cat.
(d) Another man's lap.

2. What does Shakespeare ask Auberon for?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Publication.
(d) Granted wishes.

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

4. Why does the woman in "Façade" smoke?
(a) She wants to get cancer.
(b) She likes to feel like a person.
(c) It is a bad habit.
(d) It makes her high.

5. Whom does Titania invite to the spirit world?
(a) The Sandman.
(b) Puck.
(c) Hamnet.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rainie meet Della?

2. What gives Rainie her powers?

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

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

5. When did Death come into existence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Auberon say about the play at the end, and how does the Sandman respond to this?

2. What does Peaseblossom say when the character of Puck comes on the stage?

3. When did Death come into existence?

4. What does Rainie have to do before meeting with Della for lunch?

5. What did Hamnet dream about after the play?

6. What do the young boys in the troupe do before the play begins?

7. What does Puck do at the end of the play?

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

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

10. What happens to Burbage at the beginning of the play?

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