William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
Go, Philostrate,
Sir up the Athenian youth to merriments;
Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth;
Turn melancholy forth to funerals:
The pale companion is not our pomp
Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword,
And won thy love doing thee injuries;
But I will wed thee in another key,
With pomp with triumph, and with reveling ( Act 1, Scene One, Lines 12-20)
A. adoration
B. dislike
C. intolerance
D. tolerance
Correct Answer:
Option C – intolerance
Explanation
Asking that melancholy forths be turned to funerals show Theseus intolerance to melancholy.
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