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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. Whom does Titania want to meet at intermission?

2. What two strange colors is Rainie?

3. What does Rainie have to make for herself before meeting with Della?

4. When does Rainie usually get her check?

5. What do the players call Shakespeare?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Burbage introduce himself to the Sandman?

2. What does Hamnet complain about his father for?

3. Who was Algon and how did he die?

4. What happened to the payment the troupe got from Auberon, and how does Shakespeare explain this?

5. What did Hamnet dream about after the play?

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

7. How does Rainie hide herself when she goes into public?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book, but are found in excess in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the story he/she appeared in?

Essay Topic 3

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

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