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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.. . . To die: to sleep; No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

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He is distraught and unsure.
H
He is decisive and confident.
H
He is ready to move forward.
H
He is about to kill Claudius.
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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot event prompts Hamlet to become suspicious and resentful?

h
his romantic encounter with Ophelia
t
the departure of Laertes to France
a
a reprimand from his mother
a
a visit from his deceased father
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Read the sentence.The team won the majority of the regular season games, so they were optimistic about a victorious post-season.

o
one dependent clause.
o
one independent clause.
t
two dependent clauses.
t
two independent clauses.
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Excerpt 1 recognizes the importance of word origins, but excerpt 2 suggests that studying word origins could be a waste of time.
E
Excerpt 1 recognizes the importance of word origins, and excerpt 2 suggests that etymology is more important than syntax.
E
Excerpt 1 questions the study of word origins, but excerpt 2 asserts the need to include etymology in dictionaries.
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Excerpt 1 questions the study of word origins, and excerpt 2 insists that etymology is best studied over the course of one’s lifetime.
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Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.But the whole business of slavery is an evil of the first magnitude, and a most horrible iniquity to traffic with slaves and souls of men; and an evil, sorry I am, that it still subsists, and more astonishing to think, that it is an iniquity committed amongst Christians, and contrary to all the genuine principles of Christianity, and yet carried on by men denominated thereby.Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African.That s

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Both men claim that good Christians and enlightened individuals will support the abolishment of slavery.
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Both men invoke God and use their Christian faith to establish a common ground with their intended audiences.
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Both men claim that slavery is the utmost of un-Christian practices and that slaveholders are immoral.
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Both men call on the grace of God to help them make their arguments and to be heard.

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