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Which excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet best reflects the play’s overall theme?

A
Lady Capulet: O me! this sight of death is as a bell,That warns my old age to a sepulchre.
B
Prince: See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love;
C
Romeo: Hold, take this letter; early in the morningSee thou deliver it to my lord and father.
D
Montague: O thou untaught! what manners is in this,To press before thy father to a grave?
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Which element of a Shakespearean tragedy does Romeo represent in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet?

A
a flawed hero
B
a devious trickster
C
a wise mentor
D
a violent foil
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In Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet, how does Romeo react when he hears someone in Juliet’s tomb?

A
He tries to discover the intruder’s identity.
B
He attempts to greet the intruder.
C
He kills the intruder immediately.
D
He begs the intruder to leave.
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!Lady Capulet: A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?Capulet: My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,And flourishes his blade in spite of me.

A
to foreshadow a love scene
B
to describe the setting
C
to help build suspense
D
to provide comic relief
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.If ever you disturb our streets againYour lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

A
Romeo and Juliet meeting at a wild party
B
Romeo and Juliet disobeying their parents
C
Romeo and Juliet’s secret wedding
D
Romeo and Juliet’s tragic deaths
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loyal friendstar-crossed loverhonorable mentorgentle caretaker

A
loyal friend
B
star-crossed lover
C
honorable mentor
D
gentle caretaker
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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love:Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!O any thing! of nothing first create.O heavy lightness! serious vanity!Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!This love feel I, that feel no love in this.Dost thou not laugh?

A
the anger he feels toward a certain woman.
B
his certainty about his romantic fate.
C
the extreme emotions that he is feeling.
D
his confusion about Benvolio’s advice.
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Read Juliet’s dialogue from Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Or, if I live, is it not very like,The horrible conceit of death and night,Together with the terror of the place,As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,Where, for these many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack’d;

A
Romeo will join her in death.
B
she will be haunted by ghosts.
C
Romeo will never find her.
D
she will never wake up.
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Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Paris: Have I thought long to see this morning’s face,And doth it give me such a sight as this?

A
He’s angry that the friar gave her poison.
B
He’s relieved that the wedding is canceled.
C
He’s sympathetic toward her parents.
D
He’s devastated that he cannot marry her.
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How do Juliet’s parents contribute to the catastrophe in Act IV, scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet?

A
by discovering that Juliet is already married to Romeo
B
by requesting specific food be served at the wedding
C
by asking Nurse to check on Juliet before the wedding
D
by pushing Juliet into a quick marriage with Paris

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