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Hamlet, Part 3: Figurative Language and Allusions — Quiz

Question 7 • Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet . Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave That I, the son of a dear father murder’d, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words, And fall a-cursing, like a very drab, A scullion! Which of these lines uses a simile to make a comparison? Choose two correct answers.

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Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave
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That I, the son of a dear father murder’d,
C
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
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Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words,
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And fall a-cursing, like a very drab,
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