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Which excerpt from Everyman best represents how Everyman is characterized overall in the passage?

A
It is said, in prosperity men friends may find,Which in adversity be full unkind.
B
I believe that they will do so,For kind will creep where it may not go.
C
For I have a great enemy, that hath me in wait,Which intendeth me for to hinder.
D
But when I have most need, they me forsake.I am deceived; that maketh me sad.
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Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: I ha ’t: When in your motion you are hot and dry,— As make your bouts more violent to that end,— And that he calls for drink, I’ll have prepar’d him A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping,If he by chance escape your venom’d stuck, Our purpose may hold there.

A
keep his audience engaged.
B
comment on the monarchy.
C
remind the audience to value life.
D
show the need for intellectual growth.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act IV, Scene v.Laertes: How came he dead? I’ll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I’ll be reveng’d Most throughly for my father.

A
eager to take his father’s place
B
anxious to avenge his father’s death
C
loyal to his father’s memory
D
worried about his father’s soul
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Read the passage from Elizabethan Women.Gold-paneled ballrooms with crystal chandeliers. Dashing knights and handsome lords bowing at the knees of elegant ladies. And the loveliest part of all? The ladies themselves, bedecked in ornate gowns, drinking from jeweled goblets before gracing the gentlemen with dances.Now read the passage from a paper on time travel.Any time traveler must consider visiting Elizabethan England. There are beautiful castles, gorgeous outfits to wear, and decadent food to eat. The wonders abound!

A
tell the reader interesting stories about Elizabethan England.
B
amuse the reader with funny descriptions of Elizabethan England.
C
persuade the reader of the delights of Elizabethan England.
D
lecture the reader on the importance of Elizabethan England.
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay,Might stop a hole to keep the wind away

A
contrast the deaths of Alexander and Caesar.
B
show how kings should behave around death.
C
compare Hamlet to two rulers who died.
D
emphasize that everyone eventually dies.

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