Question

lysander
i will, my hermia. helena, adieu:
as you dote on him, demetrius dote on you!
exit lysander and hermia, separately.

helena
how happy some o’er other some can be!
through athens i am thought as fair as she.
but what of that? demetrius thinks not so;
he will not know what all but he do know:
and as he errs, doting on hermia’s eyes,
so i, admiring of his qualities: . . .
love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
and therefore is wing’d cupid painted blind:
nor hath love’s mind of any judgement taste;
wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste:
and therefore is love said to be a child,
because in choice he is so oft beguiled. . . .
for ere demetrius look’d on hermia’s eyne,
he hail’d down oaths that he was only mine;
and when this hail some heat from hermia felt,
so he dissolved, and showers of oaths did melt.
i will go tell him of fair hermia’s flight:
then to the wood will he to - morrow night
pursue her; and for this intelligence
if i have thanks, it is a dear expense:
but herein mean i to enrich my pain,
to have his sight thither and back again.
exit

5
what effect does the rhetorical question in line 69 have on helena’s speech about love?
a it develops a doubtful tone to express the idea that true love is unrealistic.
b it develops a joyful tone to show that people in love experience happiness.
c it develops an objective tone to present the reasons for unreciprocated love.
d it develops an exasperated tone to add to the idea that love is often irrational.

Explanation:

The question asks about the effect of a rhetorical question in Helena’s speech (though line 69 is not fully visible, context shows her frustration with Demetrius’s unreciprocated love). Her speech criticizes love’s irrationality (e.g., Demetrius breaking oaths for Hermia). A rhetorical question here would amplify her exasperation at love’s lack of logic, aligning with an exasperated tone about love’s irrationality.

Answer:

D. It develops an exasperated tone to add to the idea that love is often irrational.