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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport In mincing with his sword her husband’s limbs, The instant burst of clamour that she made— Unless things mortal move them not at all— Would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven, And passion in the gods.

A
She is confused by the sight of her murdered husband.
B
She is deeply distraught by the sight of her murdered husband.
C
She is unaffected by the sight of her murdered husband.
D
She is joyful at the sight of her murdered husband.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Polonius: Well be with you, gentlemen!Hamlet: Hark you, Guildenstern; and you too; at each ear a hearer: that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts.

A
The metaphor reveals that Hamlet respects Polonius.
B
The metaphor shows that Hamlet wants Polonius’s help.
C
The metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.
D
The metaphor establishes Polonius as angry and mean.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.

A
The metaphors prove that Hamlet is angry with his mother.
B
The metaphors show that Hamlet is still feeling hopeful.
C
The metaphors reveal Hamlet’s plan to murder Claudius.
D
The metaphors emphasize Hamlet’s state of depression.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.The rugged Pyrrhus, like the Hyrcanian beast,— ’tis not so, it begins with Pyrrhus:— The rugged Pyrrhus, he, whose sable arm, Black as his purpose, did the night resemble When he lay couched in the ominous horse,

A
Hamlet does not believe that Claudius killed his father.
B
Hamlet is still undecided about avenging his father’s death.
C
Hamlet is shocked by Pyrrhus’s merciless behavior.
D
Hamlet admires Pyrrhus and wants to follow his example.
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What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt? Choose two answers.

A
It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself.
B
It reveals Hamlet’s love for Ophelia.
C
It reveals Hamlet’s plan for retaliation.
D
It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act.
E
It reveals Hamlet’s distrust of Gertrude.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.He tells me, my sweet queen, that he hath found The head and source of all your son’s distemper.

A
an allusion.
B
a simile.
C
an apostrophe.
D
personification.
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What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt? Choose three answers.

A
It shows Hamlet’s willpower.
B
It shows Hamlet’s indecision.
C
It shows Hamlet’s determination.
D
It shows Hamlet’s confusion.
E
It shows Hamlet’s idleness.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Guildenstern: Prison, my lord!Hamlet: Denmark’s a prison.Rosencrantz: Then is the world one.Hamlet: A goodly one; in which there are many confines, wards, and dungeons, Denmark being one o’ the worst.

A
It indicates that Hamlet feels trapped.
B
It reveals that Hamlet is being forced to stay.
C
It proves that Hamlet’s father was killed.
D
It shows that Hamlet imagined the ghost.
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Which of these lines uses a simile to make a comparison? Choose two answers.

A
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave
B
That I, the son of a dear father murder’d,
C
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
D
Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words,
E
And fall a-cursing, like a very drab,
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport In mincing with his sword her husband’s limbs, The instant burst of clamour that she made— Unless things mortal move them not at all— Would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven, And passion in the gods.Hecuba is a figure in Greek mythology who was married to King Priam. In the excerpt, she is shown grieving for her dead husband.

A
that Hecuba was too emotional when she saw her husband’s dead body
B
that Hecuba was determined to take revenge for the death of Priam
C
that Hecuba properly mourned the death of her beloved husband
D
that Hecuba did not show enough emotion after Priam was killed

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