Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.CASCA. I know not what you mean by that, but I am sure265Caesar fell down. If the tag-rag people did notclap him and hiss him, according as he pleased anddispleased them, as they use to do the players inthe theatre, I am no true man.BRUTUS. What said he when he came unto himself?270CASCA. Marry, before he fell down, when he perceived thecommon herd was glad he refused the crown, heplucked me open his doublet and offered them histhroat to cut. A
Read the sentence.Sami especially enjoyed the brownies, which were chewy, chocolatey, and jam-packed with crunchy walnuts.Which statement best explains how the underlined clause conveys meaning?
Read the two excerpts."Remembering to Never Forget: Dominican Republic's 'Parsley Massacre’” by Mark Memmott:Seventy-five years ago, thousands of Haitians were murdered in the Dominican Republic by a brutal dictator. It was one of the 20th Century's least-remembered acts of genocide.As many as 20,000 people are thought to have been killed on orders given by Rafael Trujillo. But the "parsley massacre" went mostly unnoticed outside Hispaniola. Even there, many Dominicans never knew about what happened in early October 1937. They were kept in the dark by Trujillo's henchmen."A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez:During my early teen years in this country, I knew very little about what was actually going on in the Dominican Republic. Whenever Ia situación on the island came up, my parents spoke in hushed voices. In December 1960, four months after our arrival, Time magazine reported the murder of the three Mirabal sisters, who along with their husbands had started the national underground Dominican Republic. My parents confiscated the magazine. To our many questions about what was going on, my mother always had the ready answer, "En boca cerrada no entran moscas." No flies fly into a closed mouth. Later, I found out that this very saying had been scratched on the lintel of the entrance of the SIM's torture center at La Cuarenta.
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.[BRUTUS.] Who is here sovile that will not love his country? If any, speak,for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.ALL. None, Brutus, none.BRUTUS. Then none have I offended. I have doneno more toCaesar than you shall do to Brutus. The question ofhis death is enrolled in the Capitol: his glory not extenuated, wherein he was worthy, nor his offencesenforced, for which he suffered death.[Enter ANTONY and others, with CAESAR’s body]Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony, who,though he had no hand in his death, shall receivethe benefit of his dying: a place in thecommonwealth—as which of you shall not? With thisI depart: that, as I slew my best lover for thegood of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself,when it shall please my country to need my death.
Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.Nora: [glancing at the card] Oh! [Puts it in her pocket.]Rank: Is there anything wrong?Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something—it is my new dress—Rank: What? Your dress is lying there.Nora: Oh, yes, that one; but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn't know about it—Rank: Oho! Then that was the great secret.Nora: Of course. Just go in to him; he is sitting in the inner room. Keep him as long as—Rank: Make your mind easy; I won't let him escape.
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