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Setting the Scene of Romeo and Juliet, Part 2 Answers

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Read this excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, 10And the continuance of their parents’ rage,Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,Is now the two hours’ traffick of our stage;

A
It introduces the disagreement of the parents.
B
It explains who the main characters are.
C
It speaks about the setting of the play.
D
It foreshadows the outcome of the play.
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Read the excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.The which if you with patient ears attend,

A
The play is long and requires patience.
B
If you are patient, you will be able to hear the show.
C
Listen well and carefully to our show.
D
If you attend our show, you will enjoy it.
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Read these lines from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.And the continuance of their parents’ rage,Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,

A
Even their children’s deaths could not end the parents’ rage.
B
Nothing but their children’s deaths could stop the parents’ anger.
C
The parents continued their feud even after their children died.
D
The parents tried to make peace before their children died.
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Read the last line of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

A
What is lacking in this description is lacking in our play.
B
This prologue does not disclose all the juicy details of the story.
C
The play we are about to read will fill in the details of this story.
D
A prologue is merely an introduction; it cannot tell the whole story.
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Read this excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

A
describe the children of the families.
B
build interest about what happens in the story.
C
detail the part of Verona where the action takes place.
D
foreshadow who dies at the end of the story.

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