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

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.

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).

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 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;"

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."

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