AnswersTPS-202627-ENG-English 1B-CRAn Introduction to Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet, Part 1

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Shakespeare’s sonnets, including "Sonnet 29,” have which characteristic?

A
They all contain one quatrain and nine couplets.
B
They all contain two quatrains and five couplets.
C
They all contain four quatrains and no couplets.
D
They all contain three quatrains and a couplet.
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Read the excerpt from "The Thing about Terry.”I’ve got it! I grinI’ve got just the surpriseI rush to tell them,Feeling happy and wise

A
character development
B
figurative language
C
use of symbols
D
description of setting
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Which elements of narrative poetry are reflected in "The Thing about Terry”? Select 4 options.rhymingabstract languagerhythmfree versesettingstanzas

A
rhyming
B
abstract language
C
rhythm
D
free verse
E
setting
F
stanzas
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Which is an example of dramatic irony in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet?

A
Romeo thought Juliet was dead when he poisoned himself, but the audience knew she was alive.
B
Balthasar agreed to deliver Romeo’s letter, and the audience knew the contents of the letter.
C
Juliet knew Romeo was dead when she awakened, and the audience knew that she was correct.
D
Friar Laurence thought his plan would help Romeo and Juliet, but the audience knew he had evil intentions.
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Read Friar Laurence’s dialogue from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.But he which bore my letter, Friar John,Was stay’d by accident, and yesternightReturn’d my letter back.

A
He delivered Friar Laurence’s letter to the wrong person.
B
He continually forgot to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter.
C
He made the choice not to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter.
D
He was prevented from delivering Friar Laurence’s letter.
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Which phrases from the passage are oxymorons? Select 2 options.

A
true love’s hand
B
happy dagger
C
good Juliet
D
lips are warm
E
timeless end
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: What! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,Or manage it to part these men with me.Tybalt: What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.Have at thee, coward! [They fight.]

A
thoughtful
B
aggressive
C
careful
D
disloyal
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!Lady Capulet: A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?Capulet: My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,And flourishes his blade in spite of me.

A
to foreshadow a love scene
B
to describe the setting
C
to help build suspense
D
to provide comic relief
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What is the purpose of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet? Select 3 options.to introduce the audience to important charactersto inform the audience where the story takes placeto set up the central conflict between the familiesto invoke feelings of sympathy in the audienceto lay out specific details about different plot points

A
to introduce the audience to important characters
B
to inform the audience where the story takes place
C
to set up the central conflict between the families
D
to invoke feelings of sympathy in the audience
E
to lay out specific details about different plot points
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Read Capulet’s lines directed at Nurse from Act IV, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up;I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already:Make haste, I say. [Exeunt.]

A
keep up
B
be quiet
C
hurry up
D
be careful
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Which best describes the primary conflict of Act IV, scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet?

A
Juliet fakes her own death using a potion.
B
Capulet bosses around Juliet’s nurse.
C
Peter argues with Juliet’s wedding musicians.
D
Friar Laurence lies to Juliet’s family.
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Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Paris: Have I thought long to see this morning’s face,And doth it give me such a sight as this?

A
He’s angry that the friar gave her poison.
B
He’s relieved that the wedding is canceled.
C
He’s sympathetic toward her parents.
D
He’s devastated that he cannot marry her.
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Read Juliet’s dialogue from Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Or, if I live, is it not very like,The horrible conceit of death and night,Together with the terror of the place,As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,Where, for these many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack’d;

A
Romeo will join her in death.
B
she will be haunted by ghosts.
C
Romeo will never find her.
D
she will never wake up.

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