A Midsummer Night's Dream

Which of the following is the phrase that best describes the emotions expressed in the scene where the Athenians wake up on the morning of the wedding?

• confusion and fear

• reverence and awe

• sorrow and wonder

• joy and bewilderment

Which of the following is the conflict that sets in motion the plot of the play?

• It is an internal conflict between Hermia and her conscience regarding whether or not she should obey her father's wish.

• It is an external conflict between Hermia and the law of Athens regarding the father's right to choose the daughter's husband.

• It is an external conflict between Demetrius and Lysander.

• It is an external conflict between Helena and Demetrius about their being a couple.

Identify who said it: "Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."

• Helena

• Titania

• Robin

• Hermia

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the following quote demonstrate about the society: "To your father you should be as a god..."

• the influence of the patriarchy

• the view of women promoted by Shakespeare

• The influence of the king

• Titania's rule of the forest

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Bottom's statement below reveal about him ?

"Write me a prologue, and let the prologue seem to say

we will

Do no harm with our swords, and that Pyramus is not

Killed indeed. And, for the more better assurance tell

Them that I, Pyramus, am not Pyramus, but Bottom

The weaver. This will put them out of fear."

• He is a worrier

• He lacks experience in theater

• He is thorough

• He is considerate

Choose the most accurate restatement of the lines below, spoken by Hermia:

Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man,

That I did never, no, nor never can

Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye.

But you must flout my insufficiency?"

• It is not enought that I don't deserve Demetrius. Why do you have to show off that you are successful in love?

• Even though Demetrius will never look at me sweetly as I would like him to do, you don't have to pretend you love me.

• Isn't it bad enough that Demetrius doesn't love me? Must you mock my lack of appeal?

• Isn't it bad enough that Demetrius is never happy to see me? Do you have to scold me for not making me happy?

Which of the paraphrases below is the best restatement of the following lines? Theseus:

"I must confess that I have heard so much,

And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof;

But being overfull of self-affairs; My mind did lose it."

• I had heard about that and should have spoken to Demetrius, but I was so busy that I forgot.

• I regret that I have not spoken to Demetrius about his selfishness, but I forgot.

• I have heard too much about Demetrius' thoughts, and I'm too busy to remember them.

• I have heard interesting things about Demetrius' thought, but he is so busy that I haven't been able to satisfy my curiosity by speaking to him.

Which of the following words best defines the italicized word in Lysander's lines below?

For, as a surfeit of the sweetest things

The deepest loathing to the stomach brings

• lack

• surplus

• source

• supply

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is the word to replace the bracketed word in the lines below?

And the same [group] of evils comes

From our debate, from our dissension;

We are their parents and original.

• resurgence

• assemblage

• genealogy

• progeny