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Summarizing Central Ideas in The Dark Game, Part 1 Answers

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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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In Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet, how does Romeo react when he hears someone in Juliet’s tomb?

A
He tries to discover the intruder’s identity.
B
He attempts to greet the intruder.
C
He kills the intruder immediately.
D
He begs the intruder to leave.
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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 the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love:Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!O any thing! of nothing first create.O heavy lightness! serious vanity!Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!This love feel I, that feel no love in this.Dost thou not laugh?

A
the anger he feels toward a certain woman.
B
his certainty about his romantic fate.
C
the extreme emotions that he is feeling.
D
his confusion about Benvolio’s advice.
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.If ever you disturb our streets againYour lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

A
Romeo and Juliet meeting at a wild party
B
Romeo and Juliet disobeying their parents
C
Romeo and Juliet’s secret wedding
D
Romeo and Juliet’s tragic deaths
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hit With Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit;And, in strong proof of chastity well arm’d,From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.

A
longing for the woman he is describing.
B
disdain for Benvolio’s intrusive questions.
C
wish that Benvolio could also experience love.
D
skepticism about the idea of being in love.
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A
loyal friend
B
star-crossed lover
C
honorable mentor
D
gentle caretaker
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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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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene I of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hitWith Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit;And, in strong proof of chastity well arm’d,From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.She will not stay the siege of loving terms,

A
She loves Romeo but does not want to marry him.
B
She believes Romeo does not really love her.
C
She does not want to fall in love with anyone.
D
She is too young to understand the meaning of love.
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What is the purpose of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet? Select 3 options.

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 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 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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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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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 iv of Romeo and Juliet.Nurse: O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day!Most lamentable day, most woeful day,That ever, ever, I did yet behold! O day! O day! O day! O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as this:O woeful day, O woeful day!

A
dislike of Juliet’s parents.
B
love and affection for Juliet.
C
deceit of Juliet’s parents.
D
support of Juliet’s plan.
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How do Juliet’s parents contribute to the catastrophe in Act IV, scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet?

A
by discovering that Juliet is already married to Romeo
B
by requesting specific food be served at the wedding
C
by asking Nurse to check on Juliet before the wedding
D
by pushing Juliet into a quick marriage with Paris
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Read the excerpt from Juliet’s soliloquy in Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.What if this mixture do not work at all?Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?No, no; this shall forbid it: lie thou there. [Laying down a dagger.]What if it be a poison, which the friarSubtly hath minister’d to have me dead,Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour’d Because he married me before to Romeo?I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,For he hath still been tried a holy man.I will not entertain so bad a thought.

A
Juliet’s shame at disgracing her family and Paris.
B
Juliet’s confusion about whether Romeo loves her.
C
Juliet’s anger at the friar for marrying her to Romeo.
D
Juliet’s uneasiness about going through with her plan.

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