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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. Why does Rainie tell Della she has been pensioned off?

3. Why does Della want to talk to Rainie?

4. What is Richard the player's last name?

5. What gives Rainie bad dreams?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Burbage introduce himself to the Sandman?

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

7. What did Hamnet dream about after the play?

8. When did Death come into existence?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in these stories and where does it appear? How is the plot of the stories altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book, especially in the case of the Siamese cat and Shakespeare. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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