A Midsummer Night's Dream (HSC SSCE English Standard): Quizzes
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What does the forest represent in the court-forest-court structure?
What does the forest represent in the court-forest-court structure?
Chaos, magic & transformation
Which linguistic register do the mechanicals use?
Which linguistic register do the mechanicals use?
Prose
What is blank verse?
What is blank verse?
Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter
In which act does the play reach maximum confusion and chaos?
In which act does the play reach maximum confusion and chaos?
Act III
What does 'peripeteia' mean?
What does 'peripeteia' mean?
A sudden reversal of circumstances
What is meta-theatrical about Puck's epilogue?
What is meta-theatrical about Puck's epilogue?
It directly addresses the audience
What literary device appears in 'The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen'?
What literary device appears in 'The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen'?
Oxymoron
Who does Theseus link in his imagination triad?
Who does Theseus link in his imagination triad?
Lunatic, lover & poet
What happens to the linguistic registers in Act V?
What happens to the linguistic registers in Act V?
They converge & blend together
What structural function does the love potion serve?
What structural function does the love potion serve?
It creates complications for rising action