Midsummer Night's Dream Act I

In this passage, Helena speaks her thoughts aloud in a long speech not intended for others to hear. What is this technique called?

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is ironic about Helena's criticizing Demetrius' obsession with Hermia?

• She is just as obsessed with Demetrius as he is with Hermia

• Hermia is unaware of Demetrius' obsession.

• Demetrius is unaware that Helena is obsessed with him.

• Helena believes she is more beautiful than Hermia.

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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).

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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

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CCSS.RL.7.5

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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

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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.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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Which of the following lines contains and allusion?

• "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,"

• "But herein I mean to enrich my pain,"

• "Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste;"

• "And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind;"

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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."

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Who does Egeus want Hermia to marry?

• Demetrius

• Lysander

• Theseus

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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

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