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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! O! vengeance!

a
a metaphor.
a
a simile.
a
an apostrophe.
p
personification.
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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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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 Act II of Hamlet.Guildenstern: Happy in that we are not over happy; On Fortune’s cap we are not the very button.Hamlet: Nor the soles of her shoe?Rosencrantz: Neither, my lord.

A
delight
B
prosperity
C
fashion
D
footwear
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To analyze tone, the reader should study word choice, which is also called

c
context.
d
diction.
i
inversion.
n
nuance.
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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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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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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Ophelia: My lord, I have remembrances of yours, That I have longed long to re-deliver; I pray you, now receive them.Read the adaptation of the excerpt. Ophelia: I have some things here that I want to return to you. Please, take them back.

T
The writer changed the character’s demeanor.
T
The writer altered Ophelia’s gender.
T
The writer made the language more modern.
T
The writer relocated the setting of the play.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii.Laertes: For he himself is subject to his birth; He may not, as unvalu’d persons do, Carve for himself, for on his choice dependsThe safety and the health of the whole state; And therefore must his choice be circumscrib’d Unto the voice and yielding of that body Whereof he is the head.

e
emphasizes Hamlet’s independence.
a
adds gruesome images to Laertes speech.
c
continues his comparison of government to a human body.
c
creates a scary tone that contrasts with Ophelia’s innocence.
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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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A
development
B
purpose
C
summarization
D
topic
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Hamlet: Am I not i’ the right, old Jephthah?Polonius: If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter that I love passing well.

A
Polonius is sacrificing his daughter to trick Hamlet.
B
Polonius is a better father than Hamlet’s father was.
C
Polonius is very protective of his innocent daughter.
D
Polonius is very loyal to the royal family of Denmark.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii.Polonius: Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, Bear ’t that th’ opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy ...

a
argumentative.
c
cautious.
c
conceited.
n
nervous.
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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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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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