The Dream MC Practice

The image in lines 2--5 ("Whose . . . value") suggests that the beloved's love for the speaker is

• A) reverent

• B) self-serving

• C) flattering

• D) class-conscious

• E) mercenary

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In the context of the second stanza, "When you are gone" (line 9) implies the

• A) beloved' death

• B) beloved's rejection of the speaker

• C) speaker's destruction

• D) speaker's falling asleep

• E) speaker's feelings of loneliness

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In the second stanza (lines 9--16), the speaker finds relief in all of the following EXCEPT

• A) joys

• B) sense

• C) sleep

• D) dream

• E) fantasy

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The repetition of "all" at the end of lines 10 and 16 highlights an opposition between

• A) fantasy and truth

• B) sense and pain

• C) fantasy and soul

• D) sense and reason

• E) joys and dreams

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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Lines 13--14 ("So, if . . . fantastical") convey the idea that

• A) the dream is frustrating

• B) the speaker is anticipating the future

• C) dreaming creates new desires

• D) dreaming and reality seem equivalent

• E) the speaker has awakened.

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The argument of the second stanza (lines 9--16) is that ultimately

• A) fantasy governs the waking lover's mind

• B) joy is strongest when it is least expected

• C) love brings the purest form of joy

• D) sense precludes the joys supplied by fantasy

• E) the joy of love makes one forget the pain

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As used in line 18, "but" most nearly means

• A) before

• B) upon

• C) despite

• D) except for

• E) in addition to

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In lines 22-24, the speaker suggests that "true joys" are "dream enough" in that

• A) as time goes by, memories of childhood inevitably fade

• B) because life is fleeting, its joys are necessarily temporary

• C) once true joys have been experienced, dreams become irrelevant

• D) even lovers who remain together can find that their love gradually diminishes

• E) true joys can only be found after the end of one's earthly life

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The final couplet creates emphasis in part through the use of

• A) consonance

• B) assonance

• C) oxymoron

• D) enjambment

• E) synesthesia

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By the end of the poem, the speaker arrives at which of the following resolutions to his dilemma?

• A) Love is not worth all the suffering it entails.

• B) Sense and reason are often aligned with love.

• C) Love and truth are preferable to fantasy and dream.

• D) The joys of love are too brief and illusory to be valued.

• One should love a real person at all costs, not one's own image.

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