1. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bottom, Flute, and Snout have names that are puns on A. famous people of that day. B. malapropi
sms. C. their physical appearance. D. their trade or employment. 2. According to Renaissance philosophy, commoners often represent A. reason. B. love. C. pride. D. appetite. 3. Egeus wants his daughter to A. marry Lysander. B. enter a convent. C. be executed. D. marry Demetrius. 4. "The best in this kind are but shadows" is A. Theseus talking about plays. B. Bottom talking about his fellow craftsmen. C. Demetrius talking about the women he has loved in the past. D. Titania talking about men. 5. In act 5, why does Hippolyta believe the lovers' story of their time in the forest? A. She wants to oppose Egeus. B. She believes the women because she's a queen. C. The lovers' stories all match. D. She wants to defend the lovers. 6. In Act IV, Scene 1, of A Midsummer Night's Dream, as the drama nears resolution, to whom does Demetrius address these lines? My love to Hermia, Melted as the snow, seems to me now As the remembrance of an idle gaud A. Egeus B. Theseus C. Helena D. Lysander 7. The craftsmen in the play speak in prose because A. that kind of common language symbolizes their status in life. B. too much blank verse gets tiresome. C. it's the language of love. D. Theseus would have forbidden them to use verse. 8. The ability of writers to completely identify with their characters is A. satire. B. negative capability. C. ambiguity. D. hypocrisy. 9. When are the following lines spoken? If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here, While these visions did appear. A. When Hermia and Lysander are talking B. At the very end of act 5 C. Right before Puck casts a spell on Bottom D. When Theseus and Hippolyta are talking about their wedding 10. Whospeaks the line "Lord, what fools these mortals be"? A. Cobweb B. Puck C. Mustardseed D. Oberon 11. Which characters exchange these lines—and in what order—in Act I, Scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's Dream? I frown up him, yet he loves me still. O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill! A. Oberon followed by Titania B. Titania followed by Oberon C. Hermia followed by Helena D. Helena followed by Hermia 12. Using pairs of opposites, such as Helena and Hermia, is called A. foreshadowing. B. irony. C. realism. D. doubling. 13. In Act III, Scene 1, who hears these words from Titania? Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful. A. Oberon B. Bottom C. Puck D. Peaseblossom 14. By the Renaissance theory of correspondences, the heart of the family is the A. father B. grandmother C. grandfather D. mother 15. Read the following passage from act 3, scene 2. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition; In this passage, Helena is referring both to herself and to A. Oberon. B. Titania. C. Lysander. D. Hermia. 16. Before the Renaissance, virtually all dramas focused on A. life-and-death plots. B. family relationships. C. religious themes. D. the human condition. 17. Humanistsbelieve that A. life on earth is important in its own right. End of exam B. humans and animals existed on the same level. C. Shakespeare didn't actually write the plays we think he did. D. love is an illusion. 18. Regarding the nature of drama, which statement is false? A. Drama is like poetry, in that it is meant to been seen and heard. B. Modern dramas, such as films, are not structured in the manner of stage plays. C. In reading drama, some elements have to be imagined by the reader. D. Drama is meant to present a story through action and dialog. 19. Dramatic irony means that A. everything works out in the end. B. things are going to end very badly for someone. C. the cosmos, state, family, and individual follow the same pattern. D. the audience knows something the character or characters don't. 20. In his comedies, Shakespeare is well known for A. an unusual use of Middle English. B. fatally flawed characters. C. revealing great heroes as common fools. D. the device of mistaken identity.
