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)

To win Hippolyta's love, the speaker

  • A disowned his friends
  • B had to fight against her
  • C killed his father
  • D sent Puck away

The correct answer is B. had to fight against her

Theseus won Hippolyta's love by fighting against her as a strong warrior and doing her injuries.

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