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Memoria Press A Midsummer Night's Dream > Final Review > Flashcards

Final Review Flashcards

1
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sacred; venerated

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consecrated

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to ask earnestly; beseech

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entreat

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judgment; wisdom, discrimination

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discretion

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disagreement

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dissension

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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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12
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lovable; friendly

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amiable

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13
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a leafy shelter or recess

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bower

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14
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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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17
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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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21
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boiling, agitated or excited

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seething

22
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piece of land jutting out into the sea

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promontory

23
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to skip and frisk about; frolic

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gambol

24
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here

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hither

25
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to pine with desire or longing

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languish

26
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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

27
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Then syllables per line - five pairs, each with a stressed and an unstressed syllable

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iambic pentameter

28
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What is Lysander’s argument against Demetrius?

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Demetrius first wooed Helena

29
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What three options does Theseus give to Hermia concerning her situation with Lysander

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to die for disobedience, to give up society and become a nun, to marry Demetrius

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A
31
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Who says this?

  • 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*
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Lysander

32
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What is love-in-idleness

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A flower/herb hit by Cupid’s arrow

33
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Who said, I’ll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes”?

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Puck

34
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In Act 2, Scene 2, what frightening dream does Hermia wake up to?

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A serpent eating her heart away

35
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Who does Lysander love when he wakes up under the influence of the flower?

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Helena

36
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Who puts the false head on Bottom?

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Puck

37
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Who says, “O monstrous! O Strange! We are haunted! Pray, masters, fly, masters! Help!”?

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The tradesmen

38
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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?

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That they are mocking her

39
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The couples end Act 3 in ___ and then in ___.

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fighting, sleep

40
Q

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?

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The necessity and value of reason over irrational fancy

41
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What is the resolution or denouement?

A

Usually the conclusion - when the plot is resolved

42
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Concerning the settings and their relationship to theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, night is best connected to which other setting and theme?

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The woods and irrational passion

43
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Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus discover whom when hunting in the woods?

A

The four lovers

44
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What is the most important thematic development in Act 4?

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The restoration of order and reason

45
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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.*”?
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Theseus

46
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Who is Philostrate?

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Master of Revels (entertainment) at Theseus’ court

47
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According to Theseus, what do lovers, lunatics, and poets all have in common?

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Overactive imagination

48
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What do Oberon and the fairies plan to offer the couples going forward?

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Their blessing

49
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One salient topic in Act 5 that relates to the lovers and the tradesmen is the power of what?

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the imagination

50
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What does Puck ask of hte audience at the end?

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To not reproach the play; the actors will make amends

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