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Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Bernardo: ’Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.

A
This is twelve.
B
It’s twelve o’clock.
C
Twelve things have fallen.
D
A man was hit twelve times.
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To view the excerpt through a historical lens, which questions should the reader ask? Select 2 options.

A
How does the structure of the text help the audience to understand the situation with Fortinbras?
B
What beliefs were common during this period that make the appearance of a ghost believable to the audience?
C
How does the dialogue reinforce or challenge the gender stereotypes that were present at the time?
D
What literary devices make the relationship between Horatio and Fortinbras clear to the audience?
E
What major political events occurred that the audience can compare to the politics in the scene?
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet. Hamlet: Let me see.—[Takes the skull.]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?

A
As the play draws to a close, Hamlet still has not conquered his fear of death.
B
Hamlet’s visit to the graveyard leads to him become obsessed with his death.
C
At the end of the play, Hamlet literally faces death and regains a sense of hope.
D
Hamlet has abandoned his plans by this point and has reconciled himself to death.
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allusionapostrophemetaphorsimile

A
allusion
B
apostrophe
C
metaphor
D
simile
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: My fears forgetting manners—to unsealTheir grand commission; where I found, Horatio, O royal knavery! an exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reasons Importing Denmark’s health, and England’s too, With, ho! such bugs and goblins in my life, That, on the supervise, no leisure bated, No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, My head should be struck off.

A
“demanding.”
B
“complaining.”
C
“edited.”
D
“filled.”

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