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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 Quince say to the man who tries to prove he should have Snug's part in the mini-play?
2. Where does Lysander ask Hermia to meet him if she chooses to marry him at the beginning of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
3. What does Snug's assigned role in the mini-play mostly consist of?
4. Who says they would be better at the part Flute has been assigned in the mini-play?
5. Who says they would be better at the role assigned to Snug in the mini-play?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Quince resolve Flute's worries about his assigned role in the mini-play?
2. How did Titania come across the Indian changeling that she has?
3. What does Helena think Lysander is really doing after she wakes him up in the woods?
4. Where does Lysander decide to live when Hermia is told to make her decision between marrying Demetrius or going to a convent?
5. What will happen to Hermia if she does not marry the man who Egeus has chosen for her to marry?
6. What does Lysander propose he and Hermia do to avoid the punishment laid out for Hermia should she choose to marry him?
7. What is so ironic about Bottom's name?
8. What happens when Helena wakes up Lysander after she has been abandoned by Demetrius in the wood?
9. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Helena say causes her to fall more in love with Demetrius while she is in the wood with him?
10. What does Bottom do as Quince assigns all the roles in the mini-play?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this play?
Essay Topic 2
How did Oberon's relationship with Titania change over the course of the plot? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the play?
Essay Topic 3
Lysander and Demetrius are almost mirror images of each other, and yet they have some notable differences. Using excerpts from the text, please compare and contrast these two characters and explain the significance they had in the plot.
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