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QuizMultiple Choice

Building Vocabulary: Word Roots, Affixes, and Reference Materials — Unit test

Question 14 of 25 • 1001400 English 4 Sem 1 - Donofro

Read the excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard.ROS I want to go home.GUIL Don’t let them confuse you.ROS I’m out of my step here—GUIL We’ll soon be home and high—dry and home—I’ll—ROS It’s all over my depth—GUIL —I’ll hie you home and—ROS —out of my head—GUIL —dry you high and—ROS (cracking, high) —over my step over my head body!—I tell you it’s all stopping to a death, it’s boding to a depth, stepping to a head, it’s all heading to a dead stop—GUIL (the nursemaid) There! . . . and we’ll soon be home and dry . . . and high and dry.

Answer
A
It makes Guildenstern seem the stronger of the two.
B
It suggests that Guildenstern knows the king and queen better.
C
It foreshadows a conflict between the two characters.
D
It shows that they are uncomfortable with what they are asked to do.
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