How does shakespeare transform sources in a midsummer night's dream?
a. he uses the already existing play "pyramus and thisby" in a new way, making it a source of comedy instead of tragedy.
b. he uses the aristocratic characters, normally shown as serious during this time period, and reveals them as comedic to the audience.
c. he first wrote his play romeo and juliet, and then he took his own idea, changed it, and invented the story of "pyramus and thisby" to use in a midsummer night's dream.
d. he combined the aristocracy, the day workers, and the magical world of fairies all into one play, an idea that had never been done before this time, as aristocracy didn't like to see themselves portrayed on stage with characters of lower class.

The correct answer is: A. You have used the already existing play "Pyramus and Thisby" in a new way, making it a source of comedy instead of tragedy. Shakespeare comically depicts the sad story of Pyramus and Thisbe and weaves festively the plot of the comedy Dream of a Summer Night, which was released in London in 1595.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

i think it could possibly be b