Final Review Flashcards
(50 cards)
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sacred; venerated
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consecrated
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to ask earnestly; beseech
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entreat
3
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judgment; wisdom, discrimination
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discretion
4
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disagreement
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dissension
5
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understanding; perception
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apprehension
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harmony
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concord
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irritation; anger
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vexation
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a small crown
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coronet
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offspring
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progeny
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a manner of walking, stepping, or moving
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gait
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strict simplicity
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austerity
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lovable; friendly
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amiable
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a leafy shelter or recess
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bower
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lordship; mastery
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sovereignty
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bold, daring, reckless
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audacious
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hatred, strife
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enmity
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near
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nigh
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to find fault with; reproach, censure
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upbraid
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a law, decree, command
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edict
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assign, hand down, pass on
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bequeath
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boiling, agitated or excited
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seething
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piece of land jutting out into the sea
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promontory
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to skip and frisk about; frolic
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gambol
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here
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hither
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to pine with desire or longing
languish
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
blank verse
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Then syllables per line - five pairs, each with a stressed and an unstressed syllable
iambic pentameter
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What is Lysander's argument against Demetrius?
Demetrius first wooed Helena
29
What three options does Theseus give to Hermia concerning her situation with Lysander
to die for disobedience, to give up society and become a nun, to marry Demetrius
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Who says this?
## Footnote
* And to that place the sharp Athenian law*
* Cannot pursue us. If thou lov'st me, then*
* Steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night*
Lysander
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What is love-in-idleness
A flower/herb hit by Cupid's arrow
33
Who said, I'll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes"?
Puck
34
In Act 2, Scene 2, what frightening dream does Hermia wake up to?
A serpent eating her heart away
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Who does Lysander love when he wakes up under the influence of the flower?
Helena
36
Who puts the false head on Bottom?
Puck
37
Who says, "*O monstrous! O Strange! We are haunted! Pray, masters, fly, masters! Help!"*?
The tradesmen
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When both Demetrius and Lysander are doting on Helena, and Helena is fighting with Hermia, what does Helena assume about the three others?
That they are mocking her
39
The couples end Act 3 in ___ and then in \_\_\_.
fighting, sleep
40
In the closing lines of the Act, Puck says,
"*When thou wak'st*
* Thou tak'st*
* True delight*
* In the sight*
* Of thy former lady's eye;*
* And the country proverb known,*
* That every man should take his own,*
* In your waking shall be shown.*"
What main them is illuminated here?
The necessity and value of reason over irrational fancy
41
What is the resolution or denouement?
Usually the conclusion - when the plot is resolved
42
Concerning the settings and their relationship to theme in *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, **night** is best connected to which other setting and theme?
The woods and irrational passion
43
Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus discover whom when hunting in the woods?
The four lovers
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What is the most important thematic development in Act 4?
The restoration of order and reason
45
Near the end of Act 4, scene 1 who says,
"*Egeus, I will overbear your will;*
* For in the temple by and by, with us*
* These couples shall be eternally knit.*"?
Theseus
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Who is Philostrate?
Master of Revels (entertainment) at Theseus' court
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According to Theseus, what do lovers, lunatics, and poets all have in common?
Overactive imagination
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What do Oberon and the fairies plan to offer the couples going forward?
Their blessing
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One salient topic in Act 5 that relates to the lovers and the tradesmen is the power of what?
the imagination
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What does Puck ask of hte audience at the end?
To not reproach the play; the actors will make amends
