AnswersSLAE 26-27 ENGLISH 12.1Hamlet, Part 8: Themes

Hamlet, Part 8: Themes — Unit test Answers

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plot
B
objective
C
summary
D
theme
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Which statements describe Elizabethan drama? Select two answers.

A
Plays address secular themes.
B
Miracle plays tell the stories of Christian saints.
C
Actors portray emotions that reflect life experiences.
D
Plays include Biblical characters in present-day settings.
E
Flat characters represent single concepts, such as “justice.”
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Which ideas describe a round character? Select three answers.

A
The character experiences a variety of human emotions.
B
The character represents a single idea or concept.
C
The character possesses a complex personality.
D
The character acts as a predictable personality type.
E
The character grows or develops over the course of a play.
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most likely

H
How do the parts of the text relate to the whole?
H
How are female characters identified and treated?
W
Why was this historical fact included in the text?
W
Why was this important to readers at that period?
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Read the excerpt from an analysis of the end of Act V of Hamlet.A duel takes place between Laertes and Hamlet. But due to treachery, Laertes and Hamlet are poisoned, as are Claudius and Gertrude, and they all die.

A
Revenge never works out, and people should just avoid it.
B
Fighting is not the way to solve problems, no matter what.
C
Those who fight are unwise and would do better to talk.
D
Those who pursue revenge are often destroyed by it.
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development
B
purpose
C
summarization
D
topic
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Gertrude: O! speak to me no more; These words like daggers enter in mine ears; No more, sweet Hamlet!Hamlet: A murderer, and a villain; A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe Of your precedent lord; a vice of kings; A cut-purse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket! Gertrude: No more!

S
Shakespeare uses a motif of ears and hearing to emphasize the importance of communication.
J
Jewels were an important symbol of power in Shakespeare’s time and would be significant to his audience.
A
Although she is queen, Gertrude is caught between her powerful husband and bitter son.
T
The text of these lines includes many royal titles that reinforce a theme of power.
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structure of the textauthor’s personal historyposition of women in societytime period it was written in

A
structure of the text
B
author’s personal history
C
position of women in society
D
time period it was written in
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Which detail in Hamlet best reflects the time the play was written in?

A
The king is killed by his brother.
B
The queen’s son is deeply troubled.
C
Denmark is a very powerful nation.
D
Monarchy is the form of government.
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Which statements describe the rising action of a tragedy’s plot? Select 2 options.A series of events develop the plot’s central conflict.Loose ends of the plot are “tied up” to provide closure.Suspense builds gradually as the plot progresses.Background information is provided and the play’s setting is revealed.Tension reaches its height in the plot, and a solution to a conflict becomes clear.

A
A series of events develop the plot’s central conflict.
L
Loose ends of the plot are “tied up” to provide closure.
S
Suspense builds gradually as the plot progresses.
B
Background information is provided and the play’s setting is revealed.
T
Tension reaches its height in the plot, and a solution to a conflict becomes clear.
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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot event prompts Hamlet to become suspicious and resentful?

h
his romantic encounter with Ophelia
t
the departure of Laertes to France
a
a reprimand from his mother
a
a visit from his deceased father

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