A Midsummer Night's Dream Act I-III

To what Does Helena compare love?

• a child

• a bird

• hail

• a flower

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does the following line mean?:

"Things base and vile, holding no quality, / 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 things appear to have great value

• Love cannot be contained

Which of the following contains an allusion?

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

• But herein mean I to enrich my pain

• Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste

• And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind

Which of the following 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 is is far more beautiful than Helena

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following statements best summarizes Helena's description of Love?

• Love is beautiful and dignified

• Love is blind, irrational, and childish

• Love is patient and kind

• Love is based on what we see

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

At the end of the passage, what has Helena resolved to do?

• Forget her obsession and send Demetrius running after Hermia

• Appeal to Demetrius's logic by listing the reasons she is a better choice

• Collect a monetary reward for telling Demetrius where Hermia is

• Win Demetrius back by helping him find Hermia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

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

• Hermia is unaware of Demetrius's obsession

• Demetris is unaware that Helena is obsessed with her

• Helena believes she is more beautiful than Hermia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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)

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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 he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes"

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9