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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 teases Puck about him having a part in the play?

2. How long ago were Rainie and Della friends?

3. How does the woman in "Façade" describe her hand while she smokes?

4. How does Death say Rainie will die?

5. What gives Rainie her powers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Shakespeare ask when he wakes up after the play?

4. What does Della say about the handicapped boys who walk by the window, and how does Rainie respond to this?

5. What does Mulligan tell Rainie he looks like, and what does Rainie say in return?

6. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", why does the Sandman tell the fairies that he has asked Shakespeare to write these plays?

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

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

9. How does Burbage introduce himself to the Sandman?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

These stories place in different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plots. Why might Gaiman have chosen these particular places for the stories to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Honor was something that many of the main characters were striving for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the feeling of the stories?

Essay Topic 3

Diversity was a major theme in this book as many different life-styles and ranks in society were involved. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

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