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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who forced Shakespeare to take his son along for the summer?
(a) His sister.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

2. What could Rainie smell in the tomb?
(a) Power.
(b) Moisture.
(c) Death.
(d) Evil.

3. What are Rainie's legs made out of?
(a) Plaster and Glue.
(b) Steel and Iron.
(c) Stone and Wood.
(d) Copper and Wood.

4. Whom does Titania want to meet at intermission?
(a) Richard.
(b) Hamnet.
(c) Macneth.
(d) The Sandman.

5. What does the woman at the beginning of "Façade" wish would kill her?
(a) Her disease.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Della to run away during her lunch with Rainie?

2. What color is the spirit Skarrow sits on?

3. What does Rainie say is her only link to outside life?

4. What does Richard call Shakespeare's new play?

5. What does Puck admire about the play in "A Midsummer's Night's Dream"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Death come into existence?

2. Who was Algon and how did he die?

3. What do the young boys in the troupe do before the play begins?

4. What makes the terrible dreams so bad for Rainie?

5. What happened to the payment the troupe got from Auberon, and how does Shakespeare explain this?

6. What does Peaseblossom say when the character of Puck comes on the stage?

7. What does Mulligan tell Rainie he looks like, and what does Rainie say in return?

8. What does Della say about the handicapped boys who walk by the window, and how does Rainie respond to this?

9. How does Burbage introduce himself to the Sandman?

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

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