half shy half assertive - stage direction
The narrator of a poem is known as the speaker.
These lines are from a Monologue by Puck, at the end of A Midsummer Nights Dream, a comedy by Shakespeare.
This comedy has 5 acts, and this monologue is at the end of the last act, which has only one scene.
The correct answer is:
D. At the very end of act 5
Though he once treated Ivan as if he were almost his son, his life kind of went sour after his wife left and he grew less attached to Ivan, who was a sore spot in their marriage. These days, Mack drinks and his ethics are, well, questionable.