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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Oberon want Puck to undo the enchantment on Bottom?
(a) Just as the sun rises.
(b) After Titania has had her love spell reversed.
(c) Never.
(d) Before Titania wakes up.

2. What did Oberon ask Titania to do with the Indian child while she was in love with Bottom?
(a) To kill the Indian child.
(b) To give the Indian child to his mother.
(c) To let the Indian child go.
(d) To give him the Indian child.

3. What inanimate objects must be performed by men in the mini-play?
(a) A wall and moonshine.
(b) A tree and a prison wall.
(c) A dress and a goblet of wine.
(d) A table and a rock.

4. Why does Helena think Lysander and Demetrius are playing a trick on her when she is alone with them in the woods?
(a) They are not in their right minds.
(b) They seem to be laughing.
(c) They have teased her like this before.
(d) They are fawning over her like they were for Hermia.

5. What does Oberon plan to do while Puck fixes the contention between the lovers from Athens?
(a) Take the Indian baby.
(b) Watch Titania with Bottom.
(c) Release Titania from her spell.
(d) Find an herb to reverse the effects of the love juice.

6. What will happen if the actors are unable to find their missing fellow in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) They will have to improvise.
(b) The play will be ruined.
(c) They will find someone else.
(d) The play will be better than it would have been.

7. What happens when Titania first wakes up in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) She calls for her husband.
(b) She dresses for the day.
(c) She falls in love with Bottom.
(d) She screams out in fear.

8. How does Theseus wake the four Athenian lovers when he finds them in the woods?
(a) By kicking them.
(b) With hunting horns.
(c) With cold water.
(d) With tree branches.

9. What does Bottom feel needs to be explained to all the audiences who see their mini-play?
(a) That the lion is really a man.
(b) That they are not professional actors.
(c) That the deaths are not real.
(d) That it is about love.

10. After Bottom has been enchanted by Puck, who chases the other actors?
(a) Bottom.
(b) Oberon.
(c) Puck.
(d) Quince.

11. What does Bottom ask of Titania while they are together in the woods?
(a) Love.
(b) Water and ointments.
(c) Rest and comfort.
(d) Food and music.

12. Where is Act 4, Scene 2 played out?
(a) A street in Athens.
(b) The woods.
(c) Theseus's castle.
(d) Quince's house.

13. What do Hermia and Helena insult about each other as they fight in the woods?
(a) Their age.
(b) Their selfishness.
(c) Their looks.
(d) Their lack of wealth.

14. Who does Puck blame for the contention among the four lovers of Athens?
(a) Oberon.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Titania.
(d) Robin Goodfellow.

15. Why is Bottom so surprised at the reaction he gets from the other actors after Puck has enchanted him?
(a) He does not notice the difference.
(b) He wanted them to help him.
(c) He thought they were his friends.
(d) He did not know they were so cowardly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following are not one of the first four characters to enter Act 4, Scene 2?

2. Who enters the scene at the very end of Act 4, Scene 2?

3. What does Bottom insist that their mini-play needs at the beginning of Act 3?

4. Why is Oberon so hateful towards the Indian child?

5. Where do Titania and Oberon plan to go after they are reconciled?

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