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Which statement best explains why Shakespeare alludes to Hecuba throughout Act II, Scene ii of Hamlet?

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Like Gertrude, Hecuba has married the brother of her dead husband.
B
Like Gertrude, Hecuba shows little emotion after the death of her husband.
C
In contrast to Gertrude, Hecuba takes revenge on her husband’s killer.
D
In contrast to Gertrude, Hecuba is the ideal image of a grieving widow.
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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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Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Hamlet: What hour now? Horatio: I think it lacks of twelve. Marcellus: No, it is struck.

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I think it is exactly twelve.
B
I think it is after twelve.
C
I think twelve will never come.
D
I think it is before twelve.
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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 ...

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argumentative.
B
cautious.
C
conceited.
D
nervous.
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an idea associated with the word
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the correct way to pronounce the word
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a dictionary definition of the word
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the number of syllables in the word
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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!

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Shakespeare uses a motif of ears and hearing to emphasize the importance of communication.
B
Jewels were an important symbol of power in Shakespeare’s time and would be significant to his audience.
C
Although she is queen, Gertrude is caught between her powerful husband and bitter son.
D
The text of these lines includes many royal titles that reinforce a theme of power.
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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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