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Characterization, Theme, and Irony in "The Gift of the Magi" — Unit test Answers

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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

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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
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offering a complication to the rising action of a plot
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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,

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

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secrecy
B
anger
C
greed
D
jealousy
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unromanticrealisticenchantingordinary

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unromantic
B
realistic
C
enchanting
D
ordinary
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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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Which lines from the excerpt support the inference that Capulet loves his daughter? Select 2 options.

E
Earth hath swallow’d all my hopes but she,
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She is the hopeful lady of my earth:
B
But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,
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Such as I love; and you, among the store,
O
One more, most welcome, makes my number more.
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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.

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Two feuding families shed blood over an ancient grudge.
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Two families fight over whom pretty Verona shall marry.
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Two feuding families in Verona have an ancient grudge.
T
Two old families in Verona fight and get themselves dirty.
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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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changingreorganizingparaphrasingrewriting

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changing
B
reorganizing
C
paraphrasing
D
rewriting

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