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SADDLEBACK STUDY GUIDE FOR
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
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STUDY GUIDE A Midsummer Night’s Dream WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Hamlet Julius Caesar Macbeth The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night’s Dream Othello Romeo and Juliet The Tempest
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CONTENTS Notes to the Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Facts About the Author . . . . . . . . . 5 Facts About the Times . . . . . . . . . 5 Facts About the Characters . . . . . . 6 Summaries by Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Literary Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ACT EXERCISES
1 Pre-reading, Introduction . . 12 2 Comprehension Check, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Act 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synonyms and Antonyms, Act 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Character Study, Act 1 . . . . Words and Meanings, Act 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figurative Language, Act 1 . Comprehension Check, Act 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Meanings, Act 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synonyms and Antonyms, Act 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recalling Details, Act 2 . . . Character Study, Act 2 . . . . Words and Meanings, Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synonyms and Antonyms, Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Character Study, Act 3 . . . . Comprehension Check, Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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16 Recalling Details, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synonyms and Antonyms, Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Meanings, Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Character Study, Act 4 . . . . Comprehension Check, Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Where and When? Act 4 . . . Comprehension Check, Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synonyms and Antonyms, Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Meanings, Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Character Study, Act 5 . . . . Recalling Details, Act 5 . . . Scrambled Sentences, Act 5
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END-OF-BOOK EXERCISES
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28 Final Exam, Part 1 . . . . . . . 39 28 Final Exam, Part 2 . . . . . . . 40 28 Final Exam, Part 3 . . . . . . . 41 UNIVERSAL EXERCISES
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Beyond the Text . . . . . . . . . Theme Anal