Core Mid-Term Review
1. Why is the word love inadequate in ‘From Love’s Vocabulary”?
2. The author uses the example of “a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary” (lines 60–62) to convey the idea that love
3. Which sentence best summarizes a central idea of the essay?
4. In “My Shakespeare” Tempest uses the pronoun his and the contraction he’s throughout the poem. To whom is she referring?
5. What emotion is described in lines 5–6, “Every eye that stops to linger / On what someone else has got, and feels the tightening in their chest”?
6. In line 10, “every mix-up that spirals far out of control” refers to
8. In the second and third stanzas, lines 7–17, Tempest names different people that “He’s in,” from “every young man growing boastful” to “every vain admirer” to “Every pawn.” She is alluding to
9. In lines 18–28, the speaker provides examples of many phrases that Shakespeare coined. These examples how that the phrases
10. In lines 29–30, “his letters with their arms around each others shoulders, swagger / towards the ends of their sentences” is an example of
11. In her performance of the third stanza (lines 18–35), Tempest adds emphasis and builds excitement by
12. Which poetic technique does Tempest use in line 39, “He’s in us. Part and parcel of our Royals and our rascals”?
13. In lines 43–45, the words tear and Shakespeare are an example of which sound device?
14. The central idea of “My Shakespeare” is that Shakespeare’s work is
15. In “Pyramus and Thisbe ,” Pyramus’s and Thisbe’s parents forbid them from
16. What do Pyramus and Thisbe do through the crack in the wall?
17. Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet at the tomb of Ninus because they
18. Why does Thisbe wait alone for Pyramus?
19. Ovid uses this metaphor to describe the young couple’s love: “when covered, fire acquires still more force.” Which sentence best states the meaning of the metaphor?
20.The mulberry tree changes because
21. As soon as Thisbe recognizes the dying Pyramus, she
22. When Thisbe says in line 137 that she is both “cause and comrade” of Pyramus’s death, she means that
23. Who hears Thisbe’s final wishes?
24. What supernatural event occurs in the myth?
The meaning of
25. Bereaved
26. afflict
27. succumb?
28. delude
29. Repulsed
30. intangible
31. guise
32. increment
33. supple
34. gradation
35. "A plague o' both your houses!" the word houses is used figuratively to mean
36. Which multiple meaning word does Shakespeare play on to create the pun in Mercutio's dialogue, 37. "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man"
38. According to the author, how does the paltry, or small, vocabulary of love affect poets?
39. How does Thisbe react when she sees Pyramus under the tree? Use two details from the myth to support your answer.
40. Pyramus draws an incorrect conclusion that leads to his death and Thisbe’s. Explain what he sees, what conclusion he draws from it, and how it leads to the myth’s tragic ending.
41. What is a dependent clause?