8th grade spring semester exam Flashcards
to what does Helena compare to love
a child
Which statement best paraphrases the the following lines
“Things base and vile, holding no quantity / love can transpose to form and dignity
a. love can make vile and worthless things appear to have great value
b. love can’t be contained
c. love changes everything
d. while other things are vile and worthless, love is beautiful and dignified
which of the following contains an allusion
a. nor hath love’s mid of any judgement taste
b. love looks not with the eyes but with the mind
c. and therefore id winged cupid painted blind
d. but herein means I to enrich my pain
which of the following can be supported in the text
a. Herein is in love with Demetrius
b. before he met Hermia Demetrius pledged his love to Helena.
c. Hermia deliberately attracted Demetris’s attention
d. Demetrius is more attracted to Hermia because she is far more beautiful
Which of the following best summarizes Helena’s description of love
a. love is beautiful and dignified
b. love is blind, irrational, and childish
c. Love is patient and kind
d. love is based on what we can see
At the end of the passage what does Helena resolve to do
win Demetrius back
what is it called when Helena speaks her thoughts out loud and it is not intended for anyone else to hear it
soliloquy
what is ironic about Helena criticizing Demetrius and his obsession with Hermia
she her self is obsessed with Demetrius
Helena says love looks not with the eyes but with the mind . which best supports the text
a. love is based on logical evidence not
b. love does not appeal to logical visible evidence it appeals to illogical imagination
which contains a metaphor
a. and when this hail some heat from Hermia felt, so he dissolved and showers of oaths did melt
b. he will not know all but he do knowns he errs doting of Hermia’s eyes
c. then to the wood will he tomorrow night
