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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. What does Oberon plan to use the magic flower for in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Where is the child that Titania has stolen from?

3. Where is the mini-play rehearsed?

4. Who does Hermia want to marry?

5. How does Puck say he entertains the King of the Fairies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quince convince Bottom to not take the role of the Lion?

2. What will happen to Hermia if she does not marry the man who Egeus has chosen for her to marry?

3. Why is Helena so frustrated about having to woo Demetrius?

4. What is so ironic about Bottom's name?

5. How do Hippolyta and Theseus feel about their upcoming marriage?

6. What does Helena think Lysander is really doing after she wakes him up in the woods?

7. Why is Flute unhappy with his assigned role when he first hears it?

8. How does the mini-play mirror one of Shakespeare's major works?

9. What does Bottom do as Quince assigns all the roles in the mini-play?

10. What does Oberon tell Puck to do with the love juice after seeing the conversation between Helena and Demetrius?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Valor and honor were themes that were very important to many of the characters in this play. Where did this theme of valor and honor present itself and how did these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Puck was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Puck had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Love was a very central theme in this book--so much so that it was almost a tangible character. What made this theme so prominent, and how was the course of the plot altered by its presence?

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