Category: Moby Dick
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Question #13
Look where Oberon tells Titania, "We the globe can compass soon, / Swifter than the wandering moon."
What does "compass" mean in this context?
Question #10
What does Hippolyta mean in the quote below?
"Such tricks hath strong imagination,
That if it would but apprehend some joy,
It comprehends some bringer of that joy"
Question #6
What kind of animal does Helena compare herself to when proclaiming her love for Demetrius?
Question #2
Why does Bottom say the actors should have an open window at their performance?
Act 3
Text of Book
Act 3, page 1
Act 3, page 2
Questions
1) | What is this act mainly about? |
2) | Why does Bottom say the actors should have an open window at their performance? |
3) | Which part of a donkey's body does Puck give Bottom? |
4) | What does Hermia worry Demetrius has done to Lysander? |
5) | After discovering Puck's mistake, who does Oberon have Puck bring to him? |
6) | When reflecting on her past with Helena, which fruits does Hermia compare the pair of them to? |
7) | When Lysander tells Hermia to leave him alone, which three things does he compare her to? |
8) | What does Oberon command Puck to do before leading Lysander and Demetrius astray? |
9) | Who does Lysander promise to get revenge against as soon as day comes? |
10) | What does Titania mean in the quote below?
"The moon methinks looks with a watery eye; |
11) | What does Puck mean in the quote below?
"That must needs be sport alone; |
12) | What does Demetrius mean in the quote below?
"Abide me, if thou darest; for well I wot |
13) | Look where Bottom suggests that the man playing a wall should "have some plaster, or some loam, or some rough–cast about him, to signify wall."
What does "signify" mean in this context? |
14) | Look where Helena exclaims, Out, dog! out, cur! thou drivest me past the bounds / Of maiden's patience…."
What does "bounds" mean in this context? |
15) | Look where Hermia, arguing with Helena, says "Now I perceive that she hath made compare / Between our statures."
What does "perceive" mean in this context? |
16) | Were there any events that weren't clear to you? |
Question #14
Look where Hippolyta, recalling the past, says "I never heard / So musical a discord, such sweet thunder."
What does "discord" mean in this context?
Question #11
What does Theseus mean in the quote below?
"This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would
go near to make a man look sad."