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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? The oxymorons in Romeo’s dialogue emphasize

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the extreme emotions that he is feeling.
B
his certainty about his romantic fate.
C
the anger he feels toward a certain woman.
D
his confusion about Benvolio’s advice.
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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. What is the purpose of this dialogue?

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to provide comic relief
B
to help build suspense
C
to foreshadow a love scene
D
to describe the setting
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loyal friend

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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. The fact that this dialogue contains elements of a Shakespearean sonnet emphasizes Romeo’s

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wish that Benvolio could also experience love.
B
disdain for Benvolio’s intrusive questions.
C
longing for the woman he is describing.
D
skepticism about the idea of being in love.
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. If ever you disturb our streets again Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. What event is foreshadowed by the Prince’s words?

A
Romeo and Juliet’s secret wedding
B
Romeo and Juliet disobeying their parents
C
Romeo and Juliet meeting at a wild party
D
Romeo and Juliet’s tragic deaths
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet . Capulet: But saying o’er what I have said before: My child is yet a stranger in the world, 10 She hath not seen the change of fourteen years; Let two more summers wither in their pride Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride. Which is the best paraphrase of Capulet’s lines?

A
Juliet is too young and not ready to be married for another two years.
B
Juliet will marry you after she has had her fourteenth birthday.
C
Juliet is old enough to be a wife, and she will be married in the summer.
D
Juliet is a stranger to you, so you should get to know each other first.
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet . Capulet: And too soon marr’d are those so early made. 15 Earth hath swallow’d all my hopes but she, She is the hopeful lady of my earth: But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent is but a part; An she agree, within her scope of choice 20 Lies my consent and fair according voice. This night I hold an old accustom’d feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest Such as I love; and you, among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more. 25 Which lines from the excerpt support the inference that Capulet loves his daughter? Choose two correct answers.

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She is the hopeful lady of my earth:
B
But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,
C
Such as I love; and you, among the store,
D
Earth hath swallow’d all my hopes but she,
E
One more, most welcome, makes my number more.
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, 75 By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets, And made Verona’s ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans, in hands as old, 80 Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate. Which best paraphrases why the prince is angry with Capulet and Montague?

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Their families have recently started three street fights.
B
Their servants were left unattended on the street.
C
They were supposed to come see him on this day.
D
They were supposed to leave the town of Verona.
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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. She will not stay the siege of loving terms, Which is the best meaning of the phrase "she’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow”?

A
She loves Romeo but does not want to marry him.
B
She believes Romeo does not really love her.
C
She is too young to understand the meaning of love.
D
She does not want to fall in love with anyone.
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Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Prince: A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things: Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Which words best help the reader understand the tone of the play’s conclusion? Choose three correct answers.

A
woe
B
sorrow
C
sad
D
morning
E
pardon’d
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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?

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He tries to discover the intruder’s identity.
B
He kills the intruder immediately.
C
He begs the intruder to leave.
D
He attempts to greet the intruder.
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What is the purpose of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet ? Choose three correct answers.

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to set up the central conflict between the families
B
to inform the audience where the story takes place
C
to invoke feelings of sympathy in the audience
D
to lay out specific details about different plot points
E
to introduce the audience to important characters
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pretty city called Verona

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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 yesternight Return’d my letter back. Based on these lines, what role did Friar John play in the catastrophe?

A
He continually forgot to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter.
B
He was prevented from delivering Friar Laurence’s letter.
C
He made the choice not to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter.
D
He delivered Friar Laurence’s letter to the wrong person.
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Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence: Stay not to question, for the watch is coming; Come, go, good Juliet.—[ Noise again. ] I dare no longer stay. 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. ] Thy lips are warm! First Watch: [ Within. ] Lead, boy: which way? Juliet: Yea, noise? then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! [ Snatching ROMEO’S dagger. ] Which phrases from the passage are oxymorons? Choose two correct answers.

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timeless end
B
true love’s hand
C
good Juliet
D
lips are warm
E
happy dagger
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Which is an example of dramatic irony in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet ?

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Friar Laurence thought his plan would help Romeo and Juliet, but the audience knew he had evil intentions.
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
Romeo thought Juliet was dead when he poisoned himself, but the audience knew she was alive.
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Which element of a Shakespearean tragedy does Romeo represent in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet ?

A
a devious trickster
B
a violent foil
C
a wise mentor
D
a flawed hero
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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! These lines help the reader better understand Nurse’s

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support of Juliet’s plan.
B
dislike of Juliet’s parents.
C
deceit of Juliet’s parents.
D
love and affection for Juliet.
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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? Which best describes Paris’s reaction when he believes that Juliet has died?

A
He’s angry that the friar gave her poison.
B
He’s devastated that he cannot marry her.
C
He’s relieved that the wedding is canceled.
D
He’s sympathetic toward her parents.
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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 friar Subtly 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. The purpose of this soliloquy is to help the audience understand

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Juliet’s confusion about whether Romeo loves her.
B
Juliet’s shame at disgracing her family and Paris.
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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