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WorksheetsThe Dream MC Practice
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
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
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
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
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.
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
As used in line 18, "but" most nearly means
A) before
B) upon
C) despite
D) except for
E) in addition to
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
The final couplet creates emphasis in part through the use of
A) consonance
B) assonance
C) oxymoron
D) enjambment
E) synesthesia
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.
