Passage IV (Shakespeare, The Tempest, 4.1.148–58)
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
'This insubstantial pageant' refers to:
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Correct answer: B. an unreal performance
Explanation
Prospero's vanished masque of spirits.
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