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In Act 5, why is Hippolyta hesitant to watch the play?
Question 17 options:


She has seen Pyramus and Thisbe performed many times.


She is afraid of the lion and the swords.


She doesn't want the actors to be made fun of when they have worked hard and put in a lot of effort.


None of these.
Question 18 (2 points)
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Read these lines from Act 5 carefully.

"If we shadows have offended,

Think but this, and all is mended:

That you have but slumbered here,

While these visions did appear;

What is Puck saying in these lines?


Question 18 options:


If our play has offended you, you get to dream about it tonight too, so there!


Close your eyes and go to sleep if you need to rest in shadows.


If the play made you mad, then you don't belong at plays anymore.


If we actors have offended you, just remember this as a dream.
Question 19 (2 points)
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Why did Shakespeare include a play within a play?
Question 19 options:


Pyramus and Thisbe is an ancient tale well-known to audiences in Shakespeare's time. The audience would appreciate the humor and comments.


He has been commissioned to write a play of certain length, and his fell short. The play within a play was a filler to use up time.


He uses it as a semi-veiled political speech.


He used it in place of an intermission, to help refocus the audience's attention.
Question 20 (2 points)
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Read the 2 quotes from the play below and answer the question that follows:

QUOTE 1:

"By the simplicity of Venus' doves,

By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves,

And by that fire which burned the Carthage queen

When the false Troyan under sail was seen."

QUOTE 2:

"Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took

At a fail vestal throned by the west,

And loosened his love shaft smartly from his bow

As it should pierce a hundered thousand hearts."

What is the most dominant literary element used in both of the above quotes?
Question 20 options:


simile


foreshadowing


allusion


idiom

Answer 1

Hi,

I've read A Midsummer Night's Dream recently, so here are the answers☺. . .

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17. She doesn't want the actors to be made fun of when they have worked hard and put in a lot of effort.
18. If we actors have offended you, just remember this as a dream.
19. Pyramus and Thisbe is an ancient tale well-known to audiences in Shakespeare's time. The audience would appreciate the humor and comments.
20. allusion

~Elisabeth

Answer 2

• She doesn't want the actors to be made fun of when they have worked hard and put in a lot of effort.

• If we actors have offended you, just remember this as a dream.

• Pyramus and Thisbe is an ancient tale well-known to audiences in Shakespeare's time. The audience would appreciate the humor and comments.

• Allusion

Step-by-step explanation:

• Hippolyta is initially reluctant to watch the play because she does not want to put the actors in a compromising position. She believes that, as they are amateur actors, they should not be asked more than they can deliver. She also does not want the actors to be made fun of when they have worked so hard.

• In these lines, Puck is trying to remind everyone of the fact that this is nothing but a dream. Therefore, in these lines, he tells the audience that, if they are offended, they should try to remember that everything they have seen happened while they were asleep, and is therefore a dream.

• Shakespeare most likely used the device of a play within a play because of the popularity of Pyramus and Thisbe among Elizabethan audiences. Because most people were familiar with the play, it is likely that the audience would appreciate the reference to the play.

• In these lines, Shakespeare employs the device of allusion. An allusion refers to an indirect reference to an object, person, idea or event from an unrelated context. In this case, Shakespeare references historical events and places, such as the Carthage queen and Troy.