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Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Montague: Alas! my liege, my wife is dead to-night;Grief of my son’s exile hath stopp’d her breath.What further woe conspires against mine age?

A
What other pain must I suffer through as I get older?
B
What is the reason only older people experience pain?
C
What does getting older have to do with suffering?
D
What has caused me to feel as if I am getting older?
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Which words best help the reader understand the tone of the play’s conclusion? Select four options.

A
sad
B
woe
C
glooming
D
pardon’d
E
sorrow
F
morning
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hit With Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit;And, in strong proof of chastity well arm’d,From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.

A
longing for the woman he is describing.
B
disdain for Benvolio’s intrusive questions.
C
wish that Benvolio could also experience love.
D
skepticism about the idea of being in love.
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: What! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,Or manage it to part these men with me.Tybalt: What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.Have at thee, coward! [They fight.]

A
thoughtful
B
aggressive
C
careful
D
disloyal
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene I of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hitWith Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit;And, in strong proof of chastity well arm’d,From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.She will not stay the siege of loving terms,

A
She loves Romeo but does not want to marry him.
B
She believes Romeo does not really love her.
C
She does not want to fall in love with anyone.
D
She is too young to understand the meaning of love.
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What is the purpose of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet? Select 3 options.to introduce the audience to important charactersto inform the audience where the story takes placeto set up the central conflict between the familiesto invoke feelings of sympathy in the audienceto lay out specific details about different plot points

A
to introduce the audience to important characters
B
to inform the audience where the story takes place
C
to set up the central conflict between the families
D
to invoke feelings of sympathy in the audience
E
to lay out specific details about different plot points
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Read the excerpt from Juliet’s soliloquy in Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.What if this mixture do not work at all?Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?No, no; this shall forbid it: lie thou there. [Laying down a dagger.]What if it be a poison, which the friarSubtly hath minister’d to have me dead,Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour’d Because he married me before to Romeo?I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,For he hath still been tried a holy man.I will not entertain so bad a thought.

A
Juliet’s shame at disgracing her family and Paris.
B
Juliet’s confusion about whether Romeo loves her.
C
Juliet’s anger at the friar for marrying her to Romeo.
D
Juliet’s uneasiness about going through with her plan.
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Read Capulet’s lines directed at Nurse from Act IV, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up;I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already:Make haste, I say. [Exeunt.]

A
keep up
B
be quiet
C
hurry up
D
be careful
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Which best describes the primary conflict of Act IV, scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet?

A
Juliet fakes her own death using a potion.
B
Capulet bosses around Juliet’s nurse.
C
Peter argues with Juliet’s wedding musicians.
D
Friar Laurence lies to Juliet’s family.
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Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Nurse: O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day!Most lamentable day, most woeful day,That ever, ever, I did yet behold! O day! O day! O day! O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as this:O woeful day, O woeful day!

A
dislike of Juliet’s parents.
B
love and affection for Juliet.
C
deceit of Juliet’s parents.
D
support of Juliet’s plan.

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