Midsummer Night's Dream Act IV

Helena says, "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind." Which of the following interpretations can best be supported with details from the text.

• Love is based on logical evidence (the mind), not beauty (the eye).

• Love does not appeal to logical, visible evidence (the eye); it appeals to the illogical imagination (the mind).

• Love is based on beauty (the eye), not logical evidence (the mind).

• Love is based on visible characteristics (the eye), not on imagination (the mind).

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

• "And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,/ So he dissolved, and show'rs of oaths did melt."

• "He will not know what all but he do know./ And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes"

• "Then to the wood will he to-morrow night/ Pursue her..."

• "How happy some o'er other some can be! / Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."

What do Hermia and Lysander agree to do?

• She will obey her father and marry Demetrius

• She will obey her father but she will poison Demetrius after the wedding so she can marry Lysander

• She and Lysander will run away together and go to his aunt's house in the forest and get married

What does Puck do to the lovers to stop Demetrius and Lysander from dueling?

• He disguises his voice to lure them away from one another; he puts them to sleep

• He disguises himself as one of the lovers

• He kills Helena

After they wake up, Theseus sees that Demetrius and Helena are in love and Lysander and Hermia are in love, what does he order the couples to do?

• He orders Hermia to marry Demetrius

• He orders the guards to imprison Lysander

• He orders the lovers to be married with he and Hippolyta in the temple.

Which statement best paraphrases the following lines: "Things base and vile, holding no quantity,/Love can transpose to form and dignity."

• Love changes everything

• While other things are vile and worthless, Love is beautiful and dignified

• Love can make vile and worthless things appear to have great value

• Love cannot by contained

Which of the following statements can be supported with details from the text?

• Hermia is in love with Demetrius.

• Hermia deliberately attracted Demetrius's attention.

• Before he met Hermia, Demetrius pledged his love to Helena.

• Demetrius loves Hermia because she is far more beautiful than Helena.

Who does Egeus want Hermia to marry?

• Demetrius

• Lysander

• Theseus

What will happen to Hermia if she refuses to marry Demetrius?

• She will become a servant to the Duke of Athens

• She will be banished to the forest

• She can choose death or to become a nun

Who is Theseus engaged to?

• Hermia

• Helena

• Hippolyta