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Which words best describe the mood of this conversation? Select three options.

A
optimistic
B
frightening
C
excited
D
cautious
E
mysterious
F
mournful
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Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: Madam, I am not well. Lady Capulet: Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death?75What! wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? And if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live; Therefore, have done: some grief shows much of love; But much of grief shows still some want of wit.

A
She sympathizes with Juliet’s deep sorrow.
B
She suggests that Juliet’s crying is excessive.
C
She insists that Juliet express her feelings.
D
She encourages Juliet to visit Tybalt’s grave.
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Read Romeo’s dialogue from Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.How fares my Juliet? That I ask again;For nothing can be ill if she be well.

A
He has juvenile ideas about love.
B
He is overly sensitive to other people’s pain.
C
He is rash when he becomes angry.
D
He has difficulty making hard decisions.
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Contrast the characters in this excerpt from Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Lady Capulet: This is the matter. Nurse, give leave awhile.We must talk in secret: nurse, come back again;I have remember’d me, thou’s hear our counsel.Thou know’st my daughter’s of a pretty age.Nurse: Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.Lady Capulet: She’s not fourteen.Nurse: I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth—And yet to my teen be it spoken I have but four—She is not fourteen.

A
Nurse wants to build a stronger relationship with Lady Capulet.
B
Nurse resents Lady Capulet’s great wealth and power.
C
Lady Capulet is jealous of Nurse’s strong love for Juliet.
D
Lady Capulet is Juliet’s mother but Nurse knows Juliet best.
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A paradox is a literary device often used to

A
emphasize or make readers think about important ideas.
B
provide hints or clues about events that occur later in a story.
C
explain a character’s reason for doing or saying something.
D
help readers draw a conclusion based on information provided.
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Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse; In half an hour she promis’d to return. Perchance she cannot meet him: that’s not so. 5O! she is lame: love’s heralds should be thoughts,

A
She is frustrated because she feels the nurse’s age is slowing her down.
B
She is angry because she feels the nurse is purposely taking a long time.
C
She is nervous because the nurse is bringing her big news about Romeo.
D
She is worried because the nurse may be lost and unable to return home.
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secrecyangergreedjealousy

A
secrecy
B
anger
C
greed
D
jealousy
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Which lines spoken by Romeo in Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet best support the inference that Romeo desires future peace between the Montagues and Capulets?

A
Romeo: Tybalt, the reason that I have to love theeDoth much excuse the appertaining rageTo such a greeting; villain am I none,
B
Romeo: Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.
C
Romeo: Alive! in triumph! and Mercutio slain!Away to heaven, respective lenity,And fire-ey’d fury be my conduct now!
D
Romeo: This day’s black fate on more days doth depend;This but begins the woe others must end.
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The literary device that provides clues or hints to suggest what will occur later in a story is called:

A
Allusion
B
Foreshadowing
C
Flashback
D
Metaphor
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Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: O brother Montague! give me thy hand: This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more Can I demand.

A
Tragedy is often caused by people misunderstanding each other.
B
Tragedy causes people to blame one another and drive each other apart.
C
Tragedy is often necessary in order for people to forgive one another.
D
Tragedy can cause people who are enemies to forgive each other.
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Which are purposes of comic relief? Select 3 options.easing the tension an audience may be feelingproviding background information about charactersemphasizing the seriousness of the previous momentbalancing the mood of a serious drama through contrastoffering a complication to the rising action of a plot

A
easing the tension an audience may be feeling
B
providing background information about characters
C
emphasizing the seriousness of the previous moment
D
balancing the mood of a serious drama through contrast
E
offering a complication to the rising action of a plot
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Read these lines 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
Two feuding families shed blood over an ancient grudge.
B
Two families fight over whom pretty Verona shall marry.
C
Two feuding families in Verona have an ancient grudge.
D
Two old families in Verona fight and get themselves dirty.
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In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a protagonist because he is a

A
romantic character from the 1700s.
B
devoted friend to the play’s main character.
C
sympathetic main character facing a challenge.
D
frustrating character who creates conflict in the play.
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antagonistfoilaudiencecast

A
antagonist
B
foil
C
audience
D
cast
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What is revealed through dialogue about the women’s feelings toward Paris? Select 3 options.

A
Nurse thinks Paris is extremely handsome.
B
Nurse thinks Paris is too old for Juliet.
C
Lady Capulet feels Paris would be a good match for her daughter.
D
Lady Capulet feels Paris is too young and impoverished for Juliet.
E
Lady Capulet hopes Juliet will be interested in Paris.

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