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Question 48 • Language Arts 12

Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet . Hamlet: Let me see.—[ Takes the skull .]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. The main topic of the passage is

Answer
A
humor.
B
infatuation.
C
death.
D
anatomy.

Explanation

Hamlet holds Yorick’s skull and reflects on how someone he knew and loved is now dead. His memories of Yorick’s humor and affection serve to emphasize the contrast between life and death, so the main topic is death. “Humor” and “anatomy” are details in the passage, not its central idea.

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