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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question:

The wildest hath not such a heart as you

Run when you will, the story shall be change;

Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;

The dove pursues the griffin, the mild hind

Makes speed to catch the tiger, bootless speed,

When cowardice pursues, and valour flies.

1786

The speech is intended to ____ the addressee.

  • A. confuse
  • B. pacify
  • C. provoke
  • D. reclaim
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1787

Another character present at the scene is 

  • A. Egeus
  • B. Lysander
  • C. Oberon
  • D. Theseus
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question:

And in the wood, when often you and I

Upon faint primrose-beds were women lie,

Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet,

There, my Lysander and myself shall meet,

And these from Athens turn away our eyes

To see new friends and stranger companies

Farewell, sweet playfellow;...

1788

...you and I in the first line refers to 

  • A. Demetrius and Helena
  • B. Hermia and Helena
  • C. Hippolyta and Lysander
  • D. Oberon and Titania
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1789

The couple are going to the wood because 

  • A. it is their favourite spot
  • B. they are running away from the Athenian law
  • C. they want to have their peace
  • D. the wood is romantic
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1790

The underlined expression means being 

  • A. careful
  • B. faithful
  • C. flirtatious
  • D. reckless
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