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Read the passage from Perseus."Your child!” Acrisius cried in great anger. "Who is his father?”But when Danaë answered proudly, "Zeus,” he would not believe her.

A
identify the narrator of the story.
B
illustrate the feelings of the characters.
C
describe the actions of the characters.
D
identify the narrator’s point of view.
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Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: Madam, I am not well. Lady Capulet: Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death?75What! wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? And if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live; Therefore, have done: some grief shows much of love; But much of grief shows still some want of wit.

A
She sympathizes with Juliet’s deep sorrow.
B
She suggests that Juliet’s crying is excessive.
C
She insists that Juliet express her feelings.
D
She encourages Juliet to visit Tybalt’s grave.
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Which lines are written in iambic pentameter? Select two options.

A
The smoke of my own breath
B
And what I assume you shall assume
C
I never saw a moor
D
Yet certain am I of the spot
E
And summer's lease hath all too short a date
F
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st
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Which are purposes of comic relief? Select 3 options.

A
easing the tension an audience may be feeling
B
providing background information about characters
C
emphasizing the seriousness of the previous moment
D
balancing the mood of a serious drama through contrast
E
offering a complication to the rising action of a plot
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Which statements describe the poem? Select three options.

A
The poem has an abcb rhyme scheme.
B
Every line length is the same.
C
Each stanza is a quatrain.
D
The poem contains two stanzas.
E
The meter is fixed throughout the poem.

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