Midsummer

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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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

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 can see.

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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' logic by listing the reason she is a better choice.

• Collect a monetary reward for telling Demetrius where Hermia is.

• Win Demetrius back by helping him find Hermia.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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 technique called?

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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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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).

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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 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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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who is the first Athenian Puck anoints with the potion?

• Demetrius

• Helena

• Lysander

• Hermia

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3