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Unit 8 · Reading Comprehension English · 2021 cycle (Shift 1)

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.

'We are such stuff / As dreams are made on' means:

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Correct answer: D. There is no lasting substance to human life.

Explanation

Life is as insubstantial and transient as a dream, 'rounded with a sleep'.

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