Which excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet best reflects the idea that when a person overlooks what he or she knows is wrong, it can result in a catastrophe?
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Juliet : Go, get thee hence, for I will not away. [ Exit FRIAR LAURENCE.] What’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after! I will kiss thy lips; Haply, some poison yet doth hang on them, To make me die with a restorative. [ Kisses him .] Which tragic flaw of Juliet’s character is reflected in this excerpt?
Read the passage from Rain Myths. Near the beginning of life on Earth, Shen Nong, who was the Lord of the Wind, made many journeys over our world. Shen Nong was the second of the Three Sovereigns. The other two Chinese sovereigns were called Fu Xi and Yen Ti. One after another, they helped create civilization and imparted to mankind many skills, lessons, and gifts. Which sentence from the passage is the best example of a feature found in a myth?
In Rain Myths, what do the titles of the two myths imply about them?
In Rain Myths, "The Chinese Rain-Master” and "The Madagascan Myth” both feature
Read the dialogue from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: Thou wast never with me for anything when thou wast not here for the goose. Mercutio: I will bite thee by the ear for that jest. Romeo: Nay, good goose, bite not. Mercutio: Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce. Romeo: And is it not then well served in to a sweet goose? Which word from the conversation best helps the reader understand the mood of the scene?
Nurse’s coarse, motherly character provides a foil for
Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?
Read the sentence. The media criticized Governor Dunham’s callous behavior, noting that the politician regularly ignored the struggles of the people who had voted for her. What is the definition of "callous” in this context?
Read the poem excerpt. As every eye awaits her hand To cue the members of the band. Which statement best describes the meter?
Based on Agamemnon’s and Amphimedon’s speeches in The Odyssey - Amphimedon , how have the characters been changed by their deaths?
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Amphimedon. The swineherd led him to the manor later in rags like a foul beggar, old and broken, propped on a stick. These tatters that he wore hid him so well that none of us could know him when he turned up, not even the older men. We jeered at him, took potshots at him, cursed him. Daylight and evening in his own great hall he bore it, patient as a stone. The two similes in the passage present an image of Odysseus as
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Amphimedon . "Amphimedon, What ruin brought you into this undergloom? All in a body, picked men, and so young? One could not better choose the kingdom's pride. Were you at sea, aboard ship, and Poseidon blew up a dire wind and foundering waves, or cattle-raiding, were you, on the mainland, or in a fight for some stronghold, or women, when the foe hit you to your mortal hurt? Tell me, answer my question. Guest and friend I say I am of yours—or do you not remember I visited your family there?” From the way that Agamemnon talks to Amphimedon, the reader can infer that Agamemnon
The Odyssey - Amphimedon shows that Greek society valued loyalty because of the way
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind. We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining. Then we put up our masts, hauled sail, and rested, letting the steersmen and the breeze take over. Which elements of epic poetry are shown in this excerpt? Choose three correct answers.
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind. We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining. What does this excerpt most suggest about the beliefs of the ancient Greeks?
Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of loyalty in Greek society?
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Mercutio : Thou! why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. What eye, but such an eye, would spy out such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling. Thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street, because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before Easter? with another, for tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling! Benvolio : An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buy the fee-simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. Mercutio : The fee-simple! O simple! Benvolio : By my head, here come the Capulets. Why does Shakespeare include this comic speech by Mercutio?
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