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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 the news brought to the actors at the end of Act 4 mean for their mini-play?
2. How does Puck discover that he placed the love potion on the wrong Athenian man?
3. What does Bottom ask of Titania while they are together in the woods?
4. Who was married at the same time as Theseus?
5. What does Bottom do when he meets Titania's attendants?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the other actors respond to what Puck does to Bottom, and why is Bottom so surprised by this reaction?
2. What do the Fairy King and Queen want to do at Theseus's wedding and why?
3. What does Bottom think needs to be explained to the audience at the beginning of their mini-play?
4. Who does Oberon blame for the confusion with the Athenians and why?
5. What do the actors think have happened to their missing companion?
6. How does Puck clear up the confusion among the four lovers of Athens?
7. What does Puck do to Bottom when he leaves the stage during the rehearsal in the woods?
8. What does Bottom promise to tell his fellow companions in Act 4, Scene 2?
9. Who does Puck blame for the confusion with the Athenians and why?
10. What does Bottom say the Lion must do before he begins his part 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
What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?
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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